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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
Christen (2)KRIS-tinEnglish
Beat-German (Swiss)
Archelausahr-kee-LAY-əs (English)Ancient Greek (Latinized), Biblical Latin, Biblical
Marquinhos-Portuguese
Makaio-Hawaiian
Elvis[elvis]
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