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Formerly, long since, at an earlier time, as in In days of old the whole town turned out to watch the parade . This somewhat archaic idiom dates from about 1400.Example Sentences
Ex-England goalkeeper Joe Hart on Match of the Day: "This is a Merseyside derby tackle of old but it is reckless. He has got way too carried away and it could have ended so badly. Mac Allister is lucky to be standing up. The fact he has got the ball is irrelevant because it is dangerous."
Match of the Day's Micah Richards and Joe Hart discuss James Tarkowski's "reckless Merseyside tackle of old" on Liverpool's Alexis Mac Allister, and say Everton "were fortunate to still have 11 players on the pitch".
Those working with him can see the improvement in Rashford, maybe not quite to the levels of old but certainly a far cry from the passive figure he appeared at Old Trafford for most of the previous 18 months.
Hawken’s book is a lesson in what’s sometimes called “unlearning,” or letting go of old assumptions, like the idea that nature is something to fix or control.
I listen to a bunch of old stuff.
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