dust off
verb
dusted off; dusting off; dusts off
: to bring out or back to use again
dusted off his golf clubs when he retired
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Since her death, much of her work has languished in a storage locker, dusted off only for a small local exhibition in 2015.
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Jeremy Lybarger, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2025
Seattleites dreaming of a snowy weekend after an unseasonably dry January and weeks of sun may have to postpone dusting off those sleds, at least for now.
—Christine Clarridge, Axios, 29 Jan. 2025
Related Articles The two women dust off their old rapport as Hunt, played by Swinton, battles cancer.
—Hikmat Mohammed, WWD, 8 Jan. 2025
The most anticipated of the new sites is the Corinthia Bucharest, a 30-suite property that blows the dust off the historic, but faded, Grand Hotel du Boulevard.
—Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 7 Dec. 2024
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Jeremy Lybarger, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2025
Seattleites dreaming of a snowy weekend after an unseasonably dry January and weeks of sun may have to postpone dusting off those sleds, at least for now.
—Christine Clarridge, Axios, 29 Jan. 2025
Related Articles The two women dust off their old rapport as Hunt, played by Swinton, battles cancer.
—Hikmat Mohammed, WWD, 8 Jan. 2025
The most anticipated of the new sites is the Corinthia Bucharest, a 30-suite property that blows the dust off the historic, but faded, Grand Hotel du Boulevard.
—Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 7 Dec. 2024
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“Dust off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dust%20off. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.
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