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

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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. 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 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

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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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