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
Blythe[blaið]
Sansonesahn-SO-neItalian
Vasko-Macedonian, Bulgarian
Vinicio-Italian, Spanish
Pamela['pæmilə]
Milanka-Serbian, Croatian