dust down
Upper Intermediate (B2)neutral
To brush or wipe the dust off something or someone, especially to make it ready to use again.
"He dusted down the old bookcase before moving it into the new house."
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Yeah, there is rust [music] dust down in there.

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down or a dust down because that's a signal

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so we're going to keep the brake dust down, which is good because street car.