<span class="searchmatch">old</span> <span class="searchmatch">time</span> <span class="searchmatch">used</span> <span class="searchmatch">to</span> <span class="searchmatch">be</span> (plural <span class="searchmatch">old</span> <span class="searchmatch">time</span> <span class="searchmatch">used</span> <span class="searchmatch">to</span> be's) (informal, euphemistic) Ex-girlfriend or ex-boyfriend. Often <span class="searchmatch">used</span> in songs. 1940, Huddie "Lead Belly"...
<span class="searchmatch">old</span> <span class="searchmatch">time</span> <span class="searchmatch">used</span> <span class="searchmatch">to</span> be's plural of <span class="searchmatch">old</span> <span class="searchmatch">time</span> <span class="searchmatch">used</span> <span class="searchmatch">to</span> <span class="searchmatch">be</span>...
<span class="searchmatch">old</span> timer's disease <span class="searchmatch">old</span> <span class="searchmatch">time</span> <span class="searchmatch">used</span> <span class="searchmatch">to</span> <span class="searchmatch">be</span> <span class="searchmatch">old</span> timey <span class="searchmatch">old</span>-timey <span class="searchmatch">old</span>-timy <span class="searchmatch">old</span> toast <span class="searchmatch">old</span> top <span class="searchmatch">old</span> town, <span class="searchmatch">Old</span> Town <span class="searchmatch">old</span> tyme <span class="searchmatch">old</span> <span class="searchmatch">use</span> <span class="searchmatch">Old</span> Warden <span class="searchmatch">Old</span> Welsh <span class="searchmatch">old</span> wife...
<span class="searchmatch">old</span>-<span class="searchmatch">use</span> <span class="searchmatch">old</span> <span class="searchmatch">use</span> (not comparable) (linguistics, lexicography) A word which is not <span class="searchmatch">used</span> anymore in the current <span class="searchmatch">time</span>. “ere” is an <span class="searchmatch">old</span> <span class="searchmatch">use</span> word which means...
as <span class="searchmatch">time</span> <span class="searchmatch">old</span> as <span class="searchmatch">time</span> itself <span class="searchmatch">old</span>-<span class="searchmatch">time</span> <span class="searchmatch">old</span> timer <span class="searchmatch">old</span> <span class="searchmatch">time</span> <span class="searchmatch">used</span> <span class="searchmatch">to</span> <span class="searchmatch">be</span> on a <span class="searchmatch">time</span> once on a <span class="searchmatch">time</span> once upon a <span class="searchmatch">time</span> one at a <span class="searchmatch">time</span> one more <span class="searchmatch">time</span> one more <span class="searchmatch">time</span> for...
gotten <span class="searchmatch">used</span>) (intransitive) <span class="searchmatch">To</span> become accustomed <span class="searchmatch">to</span> something; <span class="searchmatch">to</span> acclimate; <span class="searchmatch">to</span> adjust. I'm getting <span class="searchmatch">used</span> <span class="searchmatch">to</span> this climate. Over <span class="searchmatch">time</span>, you will get <span class="searchmatch">used</span> <span class="searchmatch">to</span> being...
little-<span class="searchmatch">used</span> well-<span class="searchmatch">used</span> widely-<span class="searchmatch">used</span> getting <span class="searchmatch">used</span> <span class="searchmatch">to</span> get <span class="searchmatch">used</span> ill-<span class="searchmatch">used</span> oft-<span class="searchmatch">used</span> <span class="searchmatch">old</span> <span class="searchmatch">time</span> <span class="searchmatch">used</span> <span class="searchmatch">to</span> <span class="searchmatch">be</span> postally <span class="searchmatch">used</span> <span class="searchmatch">used</span> bookstore <span class="searchmatch">usedness</span> <span class="searchmatch">used</span>-<span class="searchmatch">to</span>-<span class="searchmatch">be</span> <span class="searchmatch">used</span> up...
(intransitive) <span class="searchmatch">To</span> <span class="searchmatch">be</span> familiar with or accustomed <span class="searchmatch">to</span> something or someone through repeated experience; <span class="searchmatch">to</span> <span class="searchmatch">be</span> acclimated <span class="searchmatch">to</span>. I'm <span class="searchmatch">used</span> <span class="searchmatch">to</span> this climate. Over <span class="searchmatch">time</span>, you...
someone's <span class="searchmatch">time</span> (idiomatic) From before one was born or <span class="searchmatch">old</span> enough <span class="searchmatch">to</span> <span class="searchmatch">be</span> aware of the world. Coordinate terms: in one's day, in one's <span class="searchmatch">time</span> I don't know...
whereas in others it is usual <span class="searchmatch">to</span> <span class="searchmatch">use</span> no verb at all (he works harder than he <span class="searchmatch">used</span> <span class="searchmatch">to</span>). ain't what it <span class="searchmatch">used</span> <span class="searchmatch">to</span> was <span class="searchmatch">used</span>-<span class="searchmatch">to</span>-<span class="searchmatch">be</span> formerly and habitually or repeatedly...