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be past your sell-by date

Definition

If someone is past their sell-by date, they are not wanted or useful any more because they are too old: There's plenty of time to have a baby. I'm not past my sell-by date yet.Useless and futilePeople of little importanceDescribing people who are oldThe elderly
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