cobwebs

/ ˈkɒbˌwɛbz /

plural noun

mustiness, confusion, or obscurity
informal, stickiness of the eyelids experienced upon first awakening

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So can England wipe away the cobwebs and produce a solid defensive display?

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Our music correspondent Mark Savage said the performance "blew off the cobwebs and swept away the doubters" in his review of the night.

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Oasis blew off the cobwebs and swept away the doubters as they kicked off their reunion tour in Cardiff.

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In so doing, Yentob was credited with blowing off the cobwebs at BBC Two in the face of a new creative powerhouse in the television landscape: Channel 4.

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If Tuchel thought he could quickly blow away the cobwebs he believed had gathered on Southgate's England, then his first two games in charge will have been a sobering dose of reality.

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