dust off

verb

dusted off; dusting off; dusts off

transitive verb

: to bring out or back to use again
dusted off his golf clubs when he retired

Examples of dust off in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web
These examples are automatically compiled from online sources to illustrate current usage. Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.
Community giving shouldn’t be a special effort that’s dusted off once a year and packed away when the season’s over. Ray Titus, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024 The ghouls, ghosts and monsters are dusting off their Halloween best and emerging for another spooky season around Indianapolis. Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Oct. 2024 Phoenix residents may have to put off ordering hot coffees, donning sweatshirts and dusting off other fall staples a bit longer. Hayleigh Evans, The Arizona Republic, 25 Sep. 2024 Over the past few years, however, more physicists have been dusting off von Neumann’s ideas. Quanta Magazine, 25 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for dust off 

Word History

First Known Use

1940, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of dust off was in 1940

Dictionary Entries Near dust off

Cite this Entry

“Dust off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dust%20off. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!