She blew the dust off the book.

她吹掉了书上的灰尘。

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She flicked the dust off her collar.

她轻轻弹掉了衣领上的灰尘。

《牛津词典》

He blew the dust off the book.

他吹掉书上的灰尘。

《新英汉大辞典》

So this is an effort to dust off a - for a golden oldie by John McCain.

NPR: McCain, Obama Battle In Campaign Ads

"It is not acceptable for either party merely to dust off pre-September 11 agendas and re-label them as 'economic stimulus, ' " he said.

CNN: Daschle: Bipartisanship needed for economic recovery

Time to panic, then, or at least dust off those doom-laden predictions of a double-dip recession?

ECONOMIST: Still on amber