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dust offTo remove dust from something.Rate it:
dust offTo use something after a long time without it.Rate it:
dust off a batterfor a pitcher to throw a pitch at or near the batter, typically to frighten the batter or to have him stand farther away from home plate.Rate it:
dust settleIndicates a wait for a heated, angry atmosphere to calm down.Rate it:
dust settlesA heated, angry atmosphere calms down.Rate it:
dust upTo dust; to clean by dusting.Rate it:
dust upTo attack or renounce.Rate it:
dusty millerA formulaic phrase for a miller, related to the dust generated in the milling process.Rate it:
dusty millerOne of several species of plants with leaves of a dusty appearance: Centaurea cineraria, Senecio cineraria, and Lychnis coronaria.Rate it:
Dutch actSuicide.Rate it:
Dutch courageThe courage or bravado induced by alcohol; pot-valiancy.Rate it:
Dutch courageAn alcoholic drink, taken to bolster one's courage.Rate it:
Dutch reckoningA (falsified) bill that is not itemised, and that is unjustifiably high.Rate it:
Dutch reckoninga false or incorrect reckoning of position.Rate it:
Dutch reckoningUsed other than as an idiom. as reckoned by the Dutch: five o'clock by the Dutch reckoning would be five o'clock in the Dutch rather than, e.g., a Canadian time zone; for example, 1 March 1625 in the Dutch reckoning was, in the English reckoning of the time, 19 February 1624(?).Rate it:
Dutch TreatOne pays for oneself for food and entertainment on any social event/occasionRate it:
duty callsExpresses that the speaker has something they must do.Rate it:
DWAIInitialism of driving while ability impaired.Rate it:
dwarf standing on the shoulders of giantsA person who discovers by building on previous discoveries.Rate it:
dwell onTo continue to think or talk about.Rate it:
dwell uponAlternative form of dwell onRate it:
dye in the woolTo dye woolen fibers before they are spun into thread.Rate it:
dyed in the woolSimple past tense and past participle of dye in the wool.Rate it:
Dyed in the WoolPermanent; absoluteRate it:
dyed-in-the-woolDyed before being formed into cloth.Rate it:
dyed-in-the-woolFirmly established in a person's beliefs or habits; deeply ingrained in the nature of a person or thing.Rate it:
dying calf in a snowstormA lovestruck man looking at the one he adores from a far.Rate it:
dying quailA pop fly which is hit weakly and falls in front of the outfielders.Rate it:
DYKInitialism of did you know?Rate it:
dynamite chargeInstructions given by the judge to a jury that has failed to reach a verdict, in the hope that they can do so after further deliberation.Rate it:
dynamite chargeUsed other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see dynamite,‎ charge.Rate it:
dyorInitialism of do your own research.Rate it:
DYSWIDTInitialism of do you see what I did there? :Rate it:

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