long gone
idiom
: having ended, died, disappeared, etc., at a distant time in the past
Those buildings are long gone now.
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Clean Out Your Fridge Taking stock of what’s in your fridge once a week will help prevent you from accidentally keeping leftovers that have long gone bad.
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Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Nov. 2025
The days of needing to know the ins and outs of HTML to make a website are long gone.
—PC Magazine, 18 Nov. 2025
Most of them were long gone or heading for the exits when the third quarter ended with the Kings trailing by 37 points.
—Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 13 Nov. 2025
Those responsible for Warrem’s firing — then-CEO Hasan Ikhrata and CFO Andre Douzdjian — are long gone.
—U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2025
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Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Nov. 2025
The days of needing to know the ins and outs of HTML to make a website are long gone.
—PC Magazine, 18 Nov. 2025
Most of them were long gone or heading for the exits when the third quarter ended with the Kings trailing by 37 points.
—Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 13 Nov. 2025
Those responsible for Warrem’s firing — then-CEO Hasan Ikhrata and CFO Andre Douzdjian — are long gone.
—U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for long gone
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“Long gone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/long%20gone. Accessed 30 Nov. 2025.
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