Usually means: Clean off surface dust gently.
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  1. dust down: Collins English Dictionary
  2. dust down: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  3. dust down: Wiktionary
  4. dust down: Dictionary.com
  5. dust down: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. dust down: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (dust down)

verb:  (slang) To demean or verbally assault; to dress down.
verb:  (slang) To clean (someone) off who has fallen.
verb:  alternative form of dust off [(transitive) To remove dust from.]

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