LET THE DUST SETTLE

Meaning of LET THE DUST SETTLE in English

let the dust settle | wait for the dust to settle

to wait for a situation to become clear or certain

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

SETTLE — I. ˈsed. ə l, -et ə l noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English setle, settil, settle, from Old English …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LET — I. ˈlet, usu -ed.+V transitive verb ( letted ; letted or let ; letting ; lets ) Etymology: Middle English …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DUST — I. ˈdəst noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English dūst; akin to Old High …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
-LET — lə̇t, usu -ə̇d.+V noun suffix ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English -let, -lette, from Middle French -elet, from Old French, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SETTLE — ( n. ) To determine, as something which is exposed to doubt or question; to free from unscertainty or wavering; …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SETTLE — settle 1 — settleable , adj. — settleability , n. — settledness , n. /set"l/ , v. , settled, settling …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LET — let 1 /let/ , v. , let, letting , n. v.t. 1. to allow or permit: to let him escape. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DUST — — dustless , adj. /dust/ , n. 1. earth or other matter in fine, dry particles. 2. a cloud of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SETTLE — I. ˈse-t ə l verb ( set·tled ; set·tling ˈset-liŋ, ˈse-t ə l-iŋ) Etymology: Middle English, to seat, bring to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LET — I. ˈlet transitive verb ( let·ted ; letted or let ; let·ting ) Etymology: Middle English letten, from Old English …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DUST — I. ˈdəst noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English dūst; akin to Old High German tunst storm, and probably to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SETTLE — noun a seat of any kind. 2. settle ·vi to make a jointure for a wife. 3. settle ·noun hence, …
Webster English vocab
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Webster English vocab
DUST — noun gold dust. 2. dust ·noun coined money; cash. 3. dust ·vt to sprinkle with dust. 4. dust ·noun figuratively, …
Webster English vocab
LET — [let] vt let.ted ; letted or let ; let.ting [ME letten, fr. OE lettan to delay, hinder; akin to OHG …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DUST — [dust] n [ME, fr. OE dust; akin to OHG tunst storm, and prob. to L fumus smoke--more at fume] (bef. …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
LET — let BrE AmE let —The phrase let me has a non-standard casual form ˈlem i , sometimes written lemme ▷ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
DUST — dust BrE AmE dʌst ▷ dusted ˈdʌst ɪd -əd ▷ dusting ˈdʌst ɪŋ ▷ dusts dʌsts ▶ ˈ dust ˌ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SETTLE — / ˈsetl; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb END ARGUMENT 1. to put an end to an argument or …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LET — / let; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ( let·ting , let , let ) ALLOW 1. [ no …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DUST — / dʌst; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ U ] a fine powder that consists of very …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SETTLE — set ‧ tle S2 W2 /ˈsetl/ BrE AmE verb [ Language: Old English ; Origin: setlan ] 1 . END …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LET — I. let 1 S1 W1 /let/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle let , present participle letting …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DUST — I. dust 1 S3 W3 /dʌst/ BrE AmE noun [ Language: Old English ] 1 . [uncountable] dry powder consisting …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SETTLE — v. 1 tr. & intr. (often foll. by down) establish or become established in a more or less permanent abode …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LET — v. & n. --v. (letting; past and past part. let) 1 tr. a allow to, not prevent or forbid (we …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DUST — n. & v. --n. 1 a finely powdered earth, dirt, etc., lying on the ground or on surfaces, and blown …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SETTLE — v. 1 tr. & intr. (often foll. by down) establish or become established in a more or less permanent abode …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LET — v. & n. v. (letting; past and past part. let) 1 tr. a allow to, not prevent or forbid (we …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DUST — n. & v. n. 1 a finely powdered earth, dirt, etc., lying on the ground or on surfaces, and blown …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SETTLE — 1. v. 1. tr. & intr. (often foll. by down) establish or become established in a more or less permanent …
Oxford English vocab
LET — 1. v. & n. --v. (letting; past and past part. let) 1. tr. a allow to, not prevent or forbid …
Oxford English vocab
DUST — n. & v. --n. 1. a finely powdered earth, dirt, etc., lying on the ground or on surfaces, and blown …
Oxford English vocab
SETTLE — ( settles, settling, settled) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. If people …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LET — ( lets, letting) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: The form 'let' …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DUST — ( dusts, dusting, dusted) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Dust is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LET — (~s, ~ting) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: The form '~' is …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SETTLE — verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES decide/settle sb’s/sth’s fate ▪ The meeting will decide the fate of the factory. ▪ The …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LET — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES give/let out a laugh ▪ She gave a loud laugh. give/let out a shriek …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DUST — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a dust storm (= one in which a lot of dust is blown around …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SETTLE — (PAY) [verb] - to pay (esp. money owed or claimed)Please settle your account/bill without further delay. [T]It took the insurance …
Cambridge English vocab
LET — (SUGGEST) [verb] [T + object + infinitive without to; not in past tenses] letting, past let - used to express …
Cambridge English vocab
DUST — [verb]I was dusting (= removing dust from) the mantelpiece when I noticed the piece of paper. [T]Would you prefer to …
Cambridge English vocab
SETTLE — Synonyms and related words : KO, abalienate, abide, accommodate, accommodate with, accord, adapt, adapt to, adjust, adjust to, affirm, afford …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
LET — Synonyms and related words : OK, accord, accredit, admit, allow, approve, arrest, arrestation, arrestment, assume, authorize, bareboat charter, be afraid, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
LET — n. let down let off let on let out let up
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
SETTLE — verb 1 end an argument ADVERB ▪ amicably , peacefully ▪ Hopes of settling the conflict peacefully are fading. ▪ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
DUST — I. noun ADJECTIVE ▪ fine ▪ airborne ▪ radioactive ▪ house , household ▪ desert ( esp. AmE ) ▪ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
LET — See ↑ LEND 2, ↑ LET/ALLOW 1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ allow sb to do sth/let sb do sth • ↑ …
Longman Activator English vocab
LET — n. 25B6; verb let him sleep for now : ALLOW, permit, give permission to, give leave to, authorize, sanction, grant …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
SETTLE — v. 1 arrange, order, dispose, organize, straighten out, put in or into order, compose, sort out, classify, coordinate, resolve, set …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
LET — v. 1 allow (to), permit (to), sanction (to), give permission or leave (to), authorize (to), license (to), suffer (to) Don't …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
DUST — See: BITE THE DUST, KICK UP A FUSS or KICK UP A DUST, WATCH ONE'S DUST, AFTER THE DUST CLEARS/WHEN …
Словарь английских идиом
LET — verb 1 BAD : You can travel by train or let a car. GOOD : You can travel by train …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
SETTLE — I сущ. скамья(-ларь) II гл. 1) а) поселить(ся), водворить(ся), обосноваться (тж. settle down) б) населять заселять (какой-л. район) Syn : …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LET — I 1. гл.; прош. вр. и прич. прош. вр. - let 1) выпускать; проливать (слезы, кровь и т. п.) to …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
DUST — 1. сущ. 1) пыль (как субстанция); облако, клубы пыли to gather dust ≈ собирать пыль to raise dust ≈ поднимать …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SETTLE — settle.ogg 1. ʹsetl n 1. деревянная скамья с высокой спинкой; скамья-ларь 2. редк. помост 2. ʹsetl v _I 1. решать, …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
LET — _I 1. let n 1> сдача внаём to get a let for one's house - сдать дом внаём 2> сдающееся …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
DUST — dust.ogg 1. dʌst n 1. пыль fine dust - мелкая пыль brick dust - кирпичная пыль cosmic radioactive dust - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
DUST — 1) пыль 2) порошок; пудра; мука || превращать в порошок 3) посыпать, обсыпать ( литейную форму ) 4) очищать от …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
DUST — 1) пыль 2) порошок; пудра; мука || превращать в порошок 3) посыпать, обсыпать (литейную форму) 4) очищать от пыли, удалять пыль • to give up …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
SETTLE — 1) зафиксировать 2) оплачивать 3) осаждаться 4) основываться 5) отстаивать 6) приводить в порядок 7) расплачиваться 8) располагаться 9) селиться 10) улечься 11) устанавливать • settle gyro on the meridian — вводить …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
LET — 1) допускать 2) позволять 3) полагать 4) пусть 5) разрешать 6) разрешить • let it be required — пусть требуется let us apply one triangle upon another — …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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