go down in history
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: 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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Some meteorologists said the storm would go down in history as the Gulf Blizzard of 2025.
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Scott Withers, CBS News, 16 Jan. 2026
Darren Fletcher’s two-game spell as Manchester United’s pre-interim manager will not go down in history as one of the classics.
—Nick Miller, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2026
In 2010, Cowell, along with fellow judges Nicole Scherzinger and Louis Walsh, saved Payne as well as fellow teen solo artists Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson from elimination by grouping them into a band that would later go down in history as One Direction.
—Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 27 Nov. 2025
Perhaps the Convention could helpfully guide U.S. government policy and prevent harmful mistakes and missteps that will go down in history.
—Sara Pankenier Weld, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Nov. 2025
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Scott Withers, CBS News, 16 Jan. 2026
Darren Fletcher’s two-game spell as Manchester United’s pre-interim manager will not go down in history as one of the classics.
—Nick Miller, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2026
In 2010, Cowell, along with fellow judges Nicole Scherzinger and Louis Walsh, saved Payne as well as fellow teen solo artists Harry Styles, Zayn Malik, Niall Horan and Louis Tomlinson from elimination by grouping them into a band that would later go down in history as One Direction.
—Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 27 Nov. 2025
Perhaps the Convention could helpfully guide U.S. government policy and prevent harmful mistakes and missteps that will go down in history.
—Sara Pankenier Weld, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Nov. 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 5 Feb. 2026.
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