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
Examples of dust off in a Sentence
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So dust off your passport, start scrolling, and get ready to meet the 15 best carry-on luggage Amazon Spring Sale deals.
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David Moses, Travel + Leisure, 23 Mar. 2024
Spray on sponges attached to tongs or on a sock to clean dust off of blinds or plantation shutters.
—Maryal Miller Carter, USA TODAY, 10 Mar. 2024
And Mearsheimer, Posen, and Cohen would have to dust off their essays on NATO preparedness.
—Keith Gessen, The New Yorker, 15 Feb. 2024
On this Thursday afternoon, Ms. Carryl returned the sword to its proper place, brushed the dust off her long, blue skirt, and walked through the maze of stacks.
—Chelsia Rose Marcius Lanna Apisukh, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2024
With the start of spring just a few days away, now is the perfect time to dust off your patio furniture, open up your fire pit, and upgrade your lights.
—Amanda Oliver, Peoplemag, 20 Mar. 2024
These were the top five U.S. exports to China in 2023 and, while only oil recorded a record high in 2023, buyers of the others seem to have dusted off the trade war — at least from the Chinese point of view — and moved on.
—Ken Roberts, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
Rather than dust off the onboarding playbook that may have worked before, adding a new board member is an opportunity to assess what that person already knows and then fill in the gaps.
—Melanie Hughes, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
As for Taiwan, the superpowers could do worse than to dust off their old promise, hammered out by Kissinger, to agree to disagree.
—Niall Ferguson, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
David Moses, Travel + Leisure, 23 Mar. 2024
Spray on sponges attached to tongs or on a sock to clean dust off of blinds or plantation shutters.
—Maryal Miller Carter, USA TODAY, 10 Mar. 2024
And Mearsheimer, Posen, and Cohen would have to dust off their essays on NATO preparedness.
—Keith Gessen, The New Yorker, 15 Feb. 2024
On this Thursday afternoon, Ms. Carryl returned the sword to its proper place, brushed the dust off her long, blue skirt, and walked through the maze of stacks.
—Chelsia Rose Marcius Lanna Apisukh, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2024
With the start of spring just a few days away, now is the perfect time to dust off your patio furniture, open up your fire pit, and upgrade your lights.
—Amanda Oliver, Peoplemag, 20 Mar. 2024
These were the top five U.S. exports to China in 2023 and, while only oil recorded a record high in 2023, buyers of the others seem to have dusted off the trade war — at least from the Chinese point of view — and moved on.
—Ken Roberts, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
Rather than dust off the onboarding playbook that may have worked before, adding a new board member is an opportunity to assess what that person already knows and then fill in the gaps.
—Melanie Hughes, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2024
As for Taiwan, the superpowers could do worse than to dust off their old promise, hammered out by Kissinger, to agree to disagree.
—Niall Ferguson, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
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“Dust off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dust%20off. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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