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tried-and-true
[ trahyd-n-troo ]
adjective
- tested and found to be reliable or workable.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of tried-and-true1
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Idioms and Phrases
Tested and proved to be worthy or reliable, as in Let me deal with it—my method is tried and true . [Mid-1900s]Discover More
Example Sentences
How contrived that Modern Family would end its season finale with the tried-and-true sitcom trope: a wedding.
As Lindsay Lohan is learning, the comeback trail is marked with three tried-and-true steps.
As any tried-and-true creative force, Schnabel kept producing.
Every political campaign relies on visual shorthand and tried-and-true symbolism to help communicate its message.
My tried-and-true nightly consumption has been old episodes of Murder, She Wrote and Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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