gather dust

verb

Definitions

  1. To remain unused for a long period of time.

    • Since he bought the book, it's just been sitting on the bookshelf and gathering dust.
    • As we contemplate the half-finished arterial roads and electrification plans of our own age, and the town-planning schemes that gather dust in the public libraries, we can admire the drive and action of the railway pioneers.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for gather dust. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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