“the old”

The following 6 entries include the term the old.

give it the old college try

idiom

: to use one's very best effort : to try very hard

the old country

noun

: the country where a person was born or lived before moving to a new country

the old guard

noun

: the usually older members of an organization (such as a political party) who do not want or like change

the (old) heave-ho

noun phrase

: the act of causing someone to leave a job, place, or relationship

the old school

noun

: the people who support traditional policies and practices

the Old Testament

noun

: the first part of the Christian Bible that tells about the Jews, their history, and God's words to them in the time before Jesus Christ was born


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