thing of the past

Noun

Meaning

thing of the past (plural things of the past)

(idiomatic) Something that has gone extinct or become obsolete.

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Examples

Well, the future for me is already a thing of the past. Bob Dylan

The harvest-home or supper is a thing of the past. To those who feel the fascination of the past this may appear sad, but it is not so really for, even while it existed, this surface goodwill was often an empty show. Flora Thompson

Spam will be a thing of the past in two years' time. Bill Gates

It is in the very nature of things human that every act that has once made its appearance and has been recorded in the history of mankind stays with mankind as a potentiality long after its actuality has become a thing of the past. Hannah Arendt

There's no such thing as an aura of mystery anymore. It doesn't exist. That's a thing of the past. Scarlett Johansson

Troy is a thing of the past. Latin Proverb

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