tried and true

tried-and-true

[trahyd-n-troo]
adjective
tested and found to be reliable or workable.

Origin:
1930–35

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tried and true

Tested and proved to be worthy or reliable, as in Let me deal with itmy method is tried and true. [Mid-1900s]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Tried and true is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
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