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tried and true
tried and true
trustworthy; dependable. (Hyphenated before nominals.) The method I use to cure the hiccups is tried and true. Finally, her old tried-and-true methods failed because she hadn't fine-tuned them to the times.
tried and true
Tested and proved to be worthy or reliable, as in Let me deal with it-my method is tried and true. [Mid-1900s]
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| &Thorn;OrbjÖRn | | - | Icelandic |
| Argi | | - | Basque |
| Ricardo | | ree-KAHR-do (Spanish) | Spanish, Portuguese |
| Araminta | | - | English (Rare) |
| Silas | | SIE-ləs (English) | English, Greek, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek |
| Amandeep | | - | Indian (Sikh) |