go down in history
idiom
: to be remembered as a very important person or event
The discovery of the structure of DNA will go down in history.
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As for Katy Perry and Justin Trudeau, well, that might just go down in history as a quick fling that was never going to last long.
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Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 21 Aug. 2025
Summer 2025 may go down in history as the season when Bitcoin stopped being the outsider and became the main character.
—Becca Bratcher, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025
Anthony Fauci will go down in history as the first government scientist to be preemptively pardoned for a crime.
—Scott Wartman, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Print Save Israel’s decision to attack Iran’s nuclear program on June 12 might go down in history as the start of a significant regional war, and the inflection point that led Iran to finally acquire nuclear weapons.
—Richard Nephew, Foreign Affairs, 14 June 2025
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Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 21 Aug. 2025
Summer 2025 may go down in history as the season when Bitcoin stopped being the outsider and became the main character.
—Becca Bratcher, Forbes.com, 24 July 2025
Anthony Fauci will go down in history as the first government scientist to be preemptively pardoned for a crime.
—Scott Wartman, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Print Save Israel’s decision to attack Iran’s nuclear program on June 12 might go down in history as the start of a significant regional war, and the inflection point that led Iran to finally acquire nuclear weapons.
—Richard Nephew, Foreign Affairs, 14 June 2025
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“Go down in history.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/go%20down%20in%20history. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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