bring out of mothballs



bring something out of mothballs

Fig. to bring something out of storage and into use; to restore something to active service. They were going to bring a number of ships out of mothballs, but the war ended before they needed them.
See also: bring, mothball, of, out

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Ratree-Thai
Yosif-Bulgarian
Isingoma-Eastern African, Ganda
Deborah['debərə]
Alease-English
Lena['li:nə]