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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
Havryilhahv-ree-YEELUkrainian
Shaneneshə-NEENEnglish (Rare)
Ayodele-Western African, Yoruba
Firminfeer-MENFrench
Atse-Frisian
Waldo['wɔ:ldəu]
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