dust someone's jacket

verb

To give someone a beating.

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Meanings

verbdust someone's jacket (third-person singular simple present dusts someone's jacket, present participle dusting someone's jacket, simple past and past participle dusted someone's jacket)

present singular third person dusts someone's jacket · participle present dusting someone's jacket · participle past dusted someone's jacket · past dusted someone's jacket

  1. archaicslangTo give someone a beating.
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APA

dust someone's jacket. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dust%20someone's%20jacket

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Chicago

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