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been around



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Idioms and Phrases

Been present or active; especially, gained experience or sophistication. For example, This book isn't new; it's been around for many years , or This strategy won't fool Bill; he's been around . [First half of 1900s] Also see get around .
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Although it’s been around for decades, holotropic breathing is one of dozens of forms of high-ventilation breathwork recently surging in popularity.

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Even though the brand has been around for 127 years, it wasn’t until 2016, when it was acquired by LVMH, that it became more widely known in the U.S.

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Clamp-on plates were attached to Stacys and that’s what they would skate on back in the early ’50s, ’60s, ’70s, so it’s been around for a long time.

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I am that kind of person; the famous weekly has been around my whole life, issues piled on the bathroom counter or lying open on the kitchen table, and I eventually read them as well.

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“Which side is more willing to endure hardship for the glory of their nation? The one that’s been around thousands of years or the one that’s sending Katy Perry to space?”

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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