dust down
Britishverb
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to remove dust from by brushing or wiping
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to reprimand severely
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Being trialled is also an autonomous water cart affectionately known as Henry, which, along with manually driven ones, sprays the mine roads to keep the dust down.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2024
One option to keep dust down is no-till agriculture, which uses a specific planter that drills seeds into the ground in tiny furrows, eliminating the need to plow the soil.
From Scientific American ● May 10, 2023
"It was an appropriate time to dust down the work we did before," Baldwin said.
From Reuters ● Dec. 6, 2022
It can be a big investment but they’re worth it, said Agosti, because they filter out irritants from wildfire smoke when a charcoal filter is used and keep dust down.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 17, 2022
The floor rumbled underneath me as the very walls around us shuddered and creaked, sending torrents of rock dust down onto millions of dollars’ worth of equipment.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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