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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Homes in my neighborhood have Knicks flags on their stoops swaying in the wind; hermetic friends have dusted off their Stephon Marbury and Amar’e Stoudemire jerseys and come through to stress over Thibs’ refusal to use his bench.
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Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 22 May 2025
Ratzenberger dusted off Cliff for episodes of The Tortellis (1987), Wings (1990), The Simpsons (1994, 2014), and Frasier (2002), as well as several Disney specials.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 21 May 2025
When Hamas attacked in 2023, Yair dusted off his Army fatigues and drove to his former base, leaving behind a six-week-old daughter.
—Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 14 May 2025
The swing back to a risk-on mindset on Wall Street has dusted off an oddity of the post-Covid financial markets — tech stocks and Treasury yields are climbing at the same time.
—Jesse Pound, CNBC, 13 May 2025
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Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 22 May 2025
Ratzenberger dusted off Cliff for episodes of The Tortellis (1987), Wings (1990), The Simpsons (1994, 2014), and Frasier (2002), as well as several Disney specials.
—Randall Colburn, EW.com, 21 May 2025
When Hamas attacked in 2023, Yair dusted off his Army fatigues and drove to his former base, leaving behind a six-week-old daughter.
—Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 14 May 2025
The swing back to a risk-on mindset on Wall Street has dusted off an oddity of the post-Covid financial markets — tech stocks and Treasury yields are climbing at the same time.
—Jesse Pound, CNBC, 13 May 2025
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“Dust off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dust%20off. Accessed 2 Jun. 2025.
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