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

Attalus could have dusted off another meteorite and called it Cybele. — Literary Hub, 6 Oct. 2026

Now, 25 years later, the Greg Norman tapes have been dusted off, baked and transferred to digital. — Spin Staff, SPIN, 5 Oct. 2026

Adopting techniques from classic-Hollywood style, cinematographers dusted off antiquated equipment, using tungsten bulbs instead of LEDs to create the low-key contrasts typical of the genre. — Harmon Siegel, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026

Wonka’s The Golden Ticket is dusting off an iconic set piece from the beloved 1971 film starring Gene Wilder. — Yamillah Hurtado, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1940, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for dust off

• ashraf
• checkoff
• cutoff
• falloff
• handoff
• kickoff
• layoff
• liftoff
• markoff
• markov
• payoff
• playoff