Phrase guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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phrase
Isolated from the outside world and far behind the times; extremely outdated or archaic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
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phrase
Utterly forgotten; lost to history.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
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History
Possibly originated by the novel The Land That Time Forgot (1918), set in a secret island inhabited by dinosaurs.
