"go the way of the dinosaurs" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Audio: en-au-go the way of the dinosaurs.ogg Forms: goes the way of the dinosaurs [present, singular, third-person], going the way of the dinosaurs [participle, present], went the way of the dinosaurs [past], gone the way of the dinosaurs [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|go<goes,,went,gone> the way of the dinosaurs}} go the way of the dinosaurs (third-person singular simple present goes the way of the dinosaurs, present participle going the way of the dinosaurs, simple past went the way of the dinosaurs, past participle gone the way of the dinosaurs)
  1. (idiomatic) To go extinct or become obsolete; to fall out of common use or practice; to become a thing of the past. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: go the way of the dodo
    Sense id: en-go_the_way_of_the_dinosaurs-en-verb-zFbvfeLq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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