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

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Apparently, though, there are still plenty of lessons to soak in and the Hornets are in dire need of some homework to dust off the mental cobwebs following a 113-100 loss to the Washington Wizards at Spectrum Center in Charlotte’s first outing in Uptown since Feb. 7. Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 2 Mar. 2025 Get in a '70s mindset and dust off your bike, because Pinterest says this aesthetic will soon come to homes. Maggie Gillette, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Feb. 2025 In April of that year, the two leaders shared a six-second handshake that turned into a side-hug during Macron's state visit to Washington, D.C. Trump also at one point brushed dust off Macron's shoulder. Matt Robison, Newsweek, 24 Feb. 2025 Desperate for a marquee event every year, the Champions Trophy was dusted off and shoehorned into a cricket calendar that is struggling to breathe. Tristan Lavalette, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for dust off

Word History

First Known Use

1940, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of dust off was in 1940

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“Dust off.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dust%20off. Accessed 18 Mar. 2025.

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