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

Her mother Carole, who has also attended previous years of the tennis tournament, took inspiration from her daughter Kate’s recent sky-blue looks, dusting off a linen jacket in a similar hue. — Giorgia Olivieri, Vanity Fair, 7 July 2026

Also, the Cheyava Falls rock was never touched by the hardware; the rover just blew the dust off its surface with a nitrogen puff. — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 4 July 2026

Almost 40 years later, Republicans are dusting off the Bennett Hypothesis to justify severe limits to student borrowing. — Cory Turner, NPR, 28 June 2026

When Rebecca disappears while completing a spy mission of her own, Wolfe dusts off his past tools and tricks to rescue her. — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 26 June 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