have seen (one's) day



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have seen (one's) day

To be beyond one's prime; to be no longer useful, effective, or functional. The one-time champion seems to have seen his day, having been knocked out of the qualifying round for the fifth year in a row. The VHS, the once-dominant form of home movie entertainment, has by now truly seen its day.
See also: have, seen

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Kasimirakah-zee-MEE-rahGerman (Archaic)
MadlynMAD-linEnglish
Meheitav'el-Biblical Hebrew
AnnabethAN-ə-bethEnglish (Rare)
VeerkeVI:R-kəDutch, Limburgish
CrispinKRIS-pinEnglish (Rare)