not see sb for dust
UK informalDefinition
› used to describe someone leaving quickly in order to avoid something: If you let him know that Margaret's coming, you won't see him for dust.Departing
(Definition of not see sb for dust from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- abandon verb (LEAVE)
- be ready to roll idiom
- bog off phrasal verb
- check out phrasal verb
- clear out phrasal verb
- clear sb off sth phrasal verb
- go down phrasal verb (LEAVE)
- leave verb (GO AWAY)
- pull off phrasal verb
- pull out phrasal verb
- push along phrasal verb
- push off phrasal verb (IN WATER)
- run away phrasal verb (LEAVE)
- run off phrasal verb
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