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
Seraiah-Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
Naseemnah-SEEM (Arabic)Arabic, Urdu
Eha-Estonian
Yildirim-Turkish
AidanAY-dənIrish, Scottish, English (Modern)
Letiziale-TEE-tsyahItalian