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go down in history

Idioms  
  1. see go down, def. 6.


Example Sentences

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From a trade perspective, 2026 would probably go down in history books as an epochal year for India.

From BBC

It is fair to say that Kane will go down in history as one of the best strikers to ever play in the Bundesliga.

From BBC

The co-founder and CEO, Marcos Galperin, who should go down in history as one of great CEOs of the past 20 years, became executive chairman this month.

From Barron's

The battle of Pokrovsk will probably go down in history as the first in which unmanned ground vehicles were used on a mass scale, largely to deliver supplies and evacuate wounded.

From BBC

“She will go down in history as one of the most important speakers,” James Thurber, a congressional expert at Washington’s American University, said.

From Los Angeles Times