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Manohonor Posted 22 years ago
Grammar

Dust one's track

Hi,

What does WE DUSTED OUR TRACKS AND GET OUTTA THERE, THERE'S NO WAY WE DIDN'T LOSE THEM! mean?

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Hello MoH WE DUSTED OUR TRACKS = we concealed all traces of our movements; AND GET OUTTA THERE = and left rapidly; THERE'S NO WAY WE DIDN'T LOSE THEM! = they were unable to follow us. (The double negative in the last sentence gives it quite an emphatic tone.

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  • Hello MoH WE DUSTED OUR TRACKS = we concealed all traces of our movements; AND GET OUTTA THERE = and left rapidly; THERE'S NO WAY WE DIDN'T LOSE THEM!
  • = they were unable to follow us.
  • (The double negative in the last sentence gives it quite an emphatic tone.
  • ) 'Dusted our tracks' lit.
  • = 'brushed dirt over the path we had just taken to hide our footprints/wheel marks etc'.
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Hello MoH

WE DUSTED OUR TRACKS
= we concealed all traces of our movements;

AND GET OUTTA THERE
= and left rapidly;

THERE'S NO WAY WE DIDN'T LOSE THEM!
= they were unable to follow us.

(The double negative in the last sentence gives it
quite an emphatic tone. The speaker is jubilant.)

'Dusted our tracks' lit. = 'brushed dirt ov
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