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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Viola Davis plays the President of the United States, a war veteran who’s forced to dust off her combat skills when crypto-terrorists invade the G20 Summit in South Africa.
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Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 7 May 2025
Getting your spring footwear lineup in order isn’t just about dusting off your sandals and refreshing your sneaker collection.
—Averi Baudler, People.com, 22 Apr. 2025
On the ground, other soldiers sat with paintbrushes dusting off the bones and placing them into groups; femur with femur, hip with hip.
—Malcolm Hillgartner Tanya Pérez Lance Neal, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
To use, swirl a fluffy brush (Westman Atelier’s Powder Brush II is an excellent example of this) into the pigment, and be sure to dust off the excess powder.
—Kiana Murden, Vogue, 21 Mar. 2025
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Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 7 May 2025
Getting your spring footwear lineup in order isn’t just about dusting off your sandals and refreshing your sneaker collection.
—Averi Baudler, People.com, 22 Apr. 2025
On the ground, other soldiers sat with paintbrushes dusting off the bones and placing them into groups; femur with femur, hip with hip.
—Malcolm Hillgartner Tanya Pérez Lance Neal, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
To use, swirl a fluffy brush (Westman Atelier’s Powder Brush II is an excellent example of this) into the pigment, and be sure to dust off the excess powder.
—Kiana Murden, Vogue, 21 Mar. 2025
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“Dust off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dust%20off. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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