"thing of the past" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: things of the past [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|things of the past}} thing of the past (plural things of the past)
  1. (idiomatic) Something that has gone extinct or become obsolete. Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): Past Related terms: go the way of the dinosaurs, go the way of the dodo Translations (something that has gone extinct or become obsolete, or the action of becoming obsolete): menneen talven lumia (Finnish), être du passé (French), chose du passé [feminine] (French), cousa do pasado (Galician), der Vergangenheit angehören (German), már a múlté (Hungarian), a múlt ködébe vész (Hungarian), nyoma sem maradt (Hungarian), przeszłość [feminine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-thing_of_the_past-en-noun-catbp1Im Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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          "sense": "something that has gone extinct or become obsolete, or the action of becoming obsolete",
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