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Let the dust settle meaning

What does the saying 'Let the dust settle' mean?

Idiom: Let the dust settle

Meaning:

If you let the dust settle, or wait till the dust settles, you wait until things have become calmer or have returned to normality after conflict or a problem.

Country: International English | Subject Area: Nature | Usage Type: Both or All Words Used
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