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past times

/pæst taɪmz/
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Definitions of past times
  1. noun
    the time that has elapsed
    synonyms: past, yesteryear
    see moresee less
    types:
    yore
    time long past
    bygone, water under the bridge
    past events to be put aside
    old
    past times (especially in the phrase `in days of old')
    history
    the aggregate of past events
    time immemorial, time out of mind
    the distant past beyond memory
    auld langsyne, good old days, langsyne, old times
    past times remembered with nostalgia
    yesterday
    the recent past
    type of:
    time
    the continuum of experience in which events pass from the future through the present to the past
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