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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So, grab your tickets, dust off your boots, and get ready.
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Shelby Stewart, Essence, 10 Jan. 2025
In the first game without Smith, Jeff Green was dusted off and received the start, playing 29 minutes.
—Stan Son, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
As Steve reported at a summer conference, their driverless-intent cars were dusted off and put into service with safety drivers starting last May.
—Richard Bishop, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
Lee Gelernt, the ACLU attorney who argued many of the highest-profile immigration cases during Trump's first term, including the challenge to family separations, said the president-elect's immigration enforcement picks appear to be dusting off their old playbook.
—Nick Miroff The Washington Post, arkansasonline.com, 27 Dec. 2024
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Shelby Stewart, Essence, 10 Jan. 2025
In the first game without Smith, Jeff Green was dusted off and received the start, playing 29 minutes.
—Stan Son, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
As Steve reported at a summer conference, their driverless-intent cars were dusted off and put into service with safety drivers starting last May.
—Richard Bishop, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
Lee Gelernt, the ACLU attorney who argued many of the highest-profile immigration cases during Trump's first term, including the challenge to family separations, said the president-elect's immigration enforcement picks appear to be dusting off their old playbook.
—Nick Miroff The Washington Post, arkansasonline.com, 27 Dec. 2024
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“Dust off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dust%20off. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.
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