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To use something after a long time without it.
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I think it's time to dust off my old golf clubs, now that I'm retired.
Submitted on September 02, 2012
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- by heart
- carry a torch for
- eat one's hat
- fair and square
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- for goodness' sake
- fresh legs
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- in the hot seat
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- object lesson
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- old school
- on edge
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- one another
- out of house and home
- outside the box
- pass on
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