dust off

See also: dust-off

English

Pronunciation

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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)

1. To remove dust from something.
2. (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.

Alternative forms

• dust down

Derived terms

• dust off a batter (baseball)

Translations

to remove dust from something

• French: dépoussiérer (fr)
• German: abstauben (de)
• Italian: spolverare (it)
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• Spanish: desempolvar (es)
• Swedish: damma av

to use something after a long time without it

• Czech: oprášit
• Spanish: desempolvar (es)
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• Swedish: damma av