- past its prime
- past (your/its) prime
no longer able to do something at an acceptable level because of age.
The dancer was past her prime, though she performed occasionally as a guest artist.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
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past your prime — past (your/its) prime no longer able to do something at an acceptable level because of age. The dancer was past her prime, though she performed occasionally as a guest artist … New idioms dictionary
past — adj 1. gone, gone by, bygone, by, ago, long ago, long gone; over, over and done with, forgotten, long forgotten, dead and buried, blown over; elapsed, lapsed, expired, run out, gone by; finished, finished up, defunct, no more, wound up, ended,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
past prime — past (your/its) prime no longer able to do something at an acceptable level because of age. The dancer was past her prime, though she performed occasionally as a guest artist … New idioms dictionary
PRIME — Stands for Prescribed Right to Income and Maximum Equity, a certificate that entitles the owner to the dividend/income from an underlying security, but not to the capital appreciation of that security. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary * * * ▪ I.… … Financial and business terms
prime — 1 adjective (only before noun) 1 most important: Smoking is the prime cause of heart disease. | Our prime concern is getting the economy back on its feet. 2 of the very best quality or kind: The hotel is in a prime location overlooking the valley … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
past — past1 W1S1 [pa:st US pæst] adj ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(previous)¦ 2¦(recent)¦ 3¦(finished)¦ 4¦(former)¦ 5¦(grammar)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1200 1300; Origin: Old past participle of pass] 1.) ¦(PREVIOUS)¦ [only before noun] done, used, or experienced before now … Dictionary of contemporary English
past — past1 [ pæst ] function word *** Past can be used in the following ways: as a preposition (followed by a noun): It s past your bedtime. I walked past the post office. as an adverb (without a following noun): A policeman walked past. Months went… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
past — [[t]pɑ͟ːst, pæ̱st[/t]] ♦ pasts (In addition to the uses shown below, past is used in the phrasal verb run past .) 1) N SING: the N The past is the time before the present, and the things that have happened. In the past, about a third of the… … English dictionary
past */*/*/ — I UK [pɑːst] / US [pæst] adverb, preposition Summary: Past can be used in the following ways: as a preposition (followed by a noun): It s past your bedtime. ♦ I walked past the post office. as an adverb (without a following noun): A policeman… … English dictionary
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