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Idioms and Phrases

Be worn out, have fallen into a state of decline, as in This chair has seen better days , or The family business has seen better days . This term was first used by Shakespeare to describe a decline of fortune ( Timon of Athens , 4:2) but soon was broadened to describe aging or deterioration in both humans and objects.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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