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

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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

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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 19 Mar. 2025.

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