have seen better days

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have seen better days

verb has seen better days · having seen better days · had seen better days

  1. euphemistic, of a person or thing To be in poor condition, to be worn out. Your sofa has certainly seen better days, isn't it time you got a new one?

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verb to be in poor condition

Françaisavoir fait son temps
Deutschbessere Tage gesehen haben
Русскийвида́ть ви́ды vidátʹ vídy

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@misc{have_seen_better_days_2026,
  title = {have seen better days},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/have%20seen%20better%20days},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}