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
VÍGdÍS-Ancient Scandinavian
Tajana-Croatian, Serbian
Melker-Swedish
Janeka-English (Rare)
Zaynab-Arabic
AugustOW-guwst (German, Polish), AW-gəst (English)German, Polish, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Catalan, English