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stand the test of time
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to stay good, popular or useful for a long time
Used for music, books, buildings, ideas and relationships. Often in the present perfect.
In context
Trinh Cong Son's songs have stood the test of time.
Will today's apps stand the test of time, or disappear in five years?
Common mistake
Incorrect: Her novels stood the test of the time.
Correct: Her novels stood the test of time.
More idioms about time
- a blast from the pastsomething or someone that suddenly reminds you of an earlier time
- a long time comingif something is a long time coming, people have waited a long time for it
- a matter of timecertain to happen, although you do not know exactly when
- a race against timea situation where you must hurry to finish before time runs out
- a sign of the timessomething that shows how society is now, often in a bad way