"have seen better days" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: has seen better days [present, singular, third-person], having seen better days [participle, present], had seen better days [participle, past], had seen better days [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|have<has,,had> seen better days}} have seen better days (third-person singular simple present has seen better days, present participle having seen better days, simple past and past participle had seen better days)
  1. (euphemistic, of a person or thing) To be in poor condition, to be worn out. Tags: euphemistic Translations (to be in poor condition): betere tijden gekend hebben (Dutch), avoir fait son temps (French), დრო მოჭამა (dro moč̣ama) (Georgian), bessere Tage gesehen haben (German), jobb napokat is látott (Hungarian), muna fífil sinn fegri (Icelandic), ha sett bedre dager (Norwegian Bokmål), вида́ть ви́ды (vidátʹ vídy) (Russian), ha sett sina bättre dagar (Swedish)
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