rewrite history

idiom

: to change what has happened in the past
You can't rewrite history.

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As powerful forces close in, all three are forced to confront the explosive truth — one that could rewrite history, and that others will kill to keep hidden. Leo Barraclough, Variety, 14 Oct. 2025 Trump created the Ministry of Truth long ago and its mission is to rewrite history or rewrite the news. Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025 The move has drawn criticism from opponents who argue Trump is attempting to rewrite history. Brett Samuels, The Hill, 27 Aug. 2025 The name of Fort Benning, for example, was suggested by the United Daughters of the Confederacy, an organization that sought to rewrite history textbooks and erect monuments that honored the Confederacy and downplayed slavery's centrality to the Civil War. Davis Winkie, USA Today, 19 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for rewrite history

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“Rewrite history.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rewrite%20history. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.

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