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old hat

adjective

old-fashioned; dated.
trite from having long been used or known.

old hat

adjective

postpositive old-fashioned or trite

old hat

Obsolete, old-fashioned: “Get with it, Murray; your methods are strictly old hat.”

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Word History and Origins

Origin of old hat¹

First recorded in 1745–55

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In that sense, Donald Trump represents something that might be considered old hat in this world of ours: the decline of empire.

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A lot of this is old hat for Matafeo.

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By now it’s old hat that Che is going to throw in some jokes that are only funny because they’re so lazily offensive that it’s shocking someone would tell them on TV in 2024.

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The news of Noem shooting her 14-month-old dog in a gravel pit is old hat.

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For the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers, getting to the conference title game is becoming old hat.

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Old Harry Old High German

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