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dust out

verb
  1. To leave or depart. (US, dated, slang)
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Rikki-tikki shook some of the dust out of his fur and sneezed.
The Jungle Book, p. 83 · B2
But the silver shoes are yours, and you shall have them to wear.” She reached down and picked up the shoes, and after shaking the dust out of them handed them to Dorothy.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 9 · B2
Before they went to see Glinda, however, they were taken to a room of the Castle, where Dorothy washed her face and combed her hair, and the Lion shook the dust out of his mane, and the Scarecrow patted himself into his best shape, and the Woodman polished his tin and oiled his joints.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 140 · B2

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