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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Grab a Swiffer dry cloth and dust off the dashboard, console, door handles and anything else that needs it.
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Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 18 Apr. 2026
This August’s is Deep Sea Disco, so dust off your mermaid tail, cue the Donna Summer, and prepare for the ocean floor and the dance floor to collide.
—Cameron Sperance, Travel + Leisure, 18 Apr. 2026
With Stomp, players can wipe the dust off their Jordans without carrying the plastic residue long term.
—Max Scheinblum, Denver Post, 17 Apr. 2026
Woe be to the moony boyfriend or, in Nel’s case, exasperated girlfriend (Agata Trzebuchowska), left behind to dust off the ash.
—Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026
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Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 18 Apr. 2026
This August’s is Deep Sea Disco, so dust off your mermaid tail, cue the Donna Summer, and prepare for the ocean floor and the dance floor to collide.
—Cameron Sperance, Travel + Leisure, 18 Apr. 2026
With Stomp, players can wipe the dust off their Jordans without carrying the plastic residue long term.
—Max Scheinblum, Denver Post, 17 Apr. 2026
Woe be to the moony boyfriend or, in Nel’s case, exasperated girlfriend (Agata Trzebuchowska), left behind to dust off the ash.
—Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2026
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“Dust off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dust%20off. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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