"past one's prime" meaning in All languages combined

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Prepositional phrase [English]

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  1. No longer in an ideal condition.
    Sense id: en-past_one's_prime-en-prep_phrase-6wASocMi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "text": "[…]he saw the pretty face grow thin and white, the hair grow scanty, the pretty hands, worn down brutally by work, become like the claws of an old animal—then, when the man was past his prime, the difficulty of getting jobs, the small wages he had to take; […]",
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