dust off

See also: dust-off

English

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Verb

dust off (third-person singular simple present dusts off, present participle dusting off, simple past and past participle dusted off)

To remove dust from something.
(idiomatic) To use something after a long time without it.
I think it's time to dust off my old golf clubs, now that I'm retired.

Derived terms

dust off a batter (baseball)

Translations

to remove dust from something

French: dépoussiérer (fr)
German: abstauben (de)
Italian: spolverare (it)

Spanish: desempolvar (es)
Swedish: damma av

to use something after a long time without it

Czech: oprášit
Spanish: desempolvar (es)

Swedish: damma av