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Meanings of water under the bridge in English

Past events to be put aside.

Synonyms
Examples for "bygone"
Examples for "bygone"
1
More acts from bygone days have decided to go back to work.
The Irish Times
2
Imperial nostalgia is alive and kicking in yet another bygone empire: Russia.
The Guardian
3
SNOW, and its attendant inconveniences, were taken very seriously in bygone times.
The Irish Times
4
Many of her encounters reflect a growing return to bygone goods-exchange systems.
The Guardian
5
These are the days which the people in bygone times eagerly expected.
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Usage of water under the bridge in English
1
Some disciplinary measures were taken but that's water under the bridge now.
The Irish Times
2
There had been so much water under the bridge, oceans of it.
Lone eagle
3
That is what matters now, the Saturday match is water under the bridge.
The South African
4
As if to say it was all water under the bridge.
The Bazaar of Bad Dreams
5
Too much water under the bridge, or under the turkey, as it were.
Safe harbour
6
What you did and didn't mean is all water under the bridge now.
City of lies
7
There's been a lot of water under the bridge since then.'
The preacher
8
It is water under the bridge, said John Tumazos, analyst at Very Independent Research.
Reuters
9
Some 13 months on, though, Woods suggested it was all water under the bridge.
Reuters
10
He was singing about water under the bridge and many images from the movie.
The Guardian
11
There's been a lot of muddy water under the bridge.
Silent killer
12
What happened between us is water under the bridge.
The Guardian
13
Whatever the reason, it's all water under the bridge.
Silent killer
14
Cardoso says its all water under the bridge now.
The South African
15
Maybe there was so much water under the bridge, it had washed the bridge away.
Indivisible
16
Even if he-well, that's water under the bridge now.
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