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be past sell-by date

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be past your sell-by date

if someone is past their sell-by date, they are not wanted or useful any more because they are too old

Usage notes: A sell-by date is a date put on food products to show the latest date that they can be sold.

There's plenty of time to have a baby, I'm not past my sell-by date yet.

See also: date, past