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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Of course, this isn’t the first time modern dressers have dusted off 18th-century military outerwear in the name of fashion.
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Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2025
But a brief Kiss reunion at the band’s 1995 MTV Unplugged special lead to a massive reunion tour in 1996 where the four original members put the makeup back on, dusted off the old songs, and returned to stadiums and arenas all over the world.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2025
That framework just needs to be dusted off.
—Thomas L. Friedman, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
That framework just needs to be dusted off.
—Thomas Friedman, Twin Cities, 15 Oct. 2025
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Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2025
But a brief Kiss reunion at the band’s 1995 MTV Unplugged special lead to a massive reunion tour in 1996 where the four original members put the makeup back on, dusted off the old songs, and returned to stadiums and arenas all over the world.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2025
That framework just needs to be dusted off.
—Thomas L. Friedman, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
That framework just needs to be dusted off.
—Thomas Friedman, Twin Cities, 15 Oct. 2025
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“Dust off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dust%20off. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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