water under the bridge
idiom
—used to say that something happened in the past and is no longer important or worth arguing about
We had our differences in the past, but that's all water under the bridge now.
Examples of water under the bridge in a Sentence
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Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck’s past relationship strife is water under the bridge.
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Rachel Desantis, Peoplemag, 26 Feb. 2024
His exit now appears to be water under the bridge, as Wolford gives UK an ace recruiter.
—The Courier-Journal, 29 Jan. 2024
Fans thought the incident was water under the bridge after the two went out together for Palmer’s 30th birthday in August.
—Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 10 Nov. 2023
But all of that appeared to be water under the bridge the morning after Mr. McCarthy’s ouster.
—Annie Karni, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2023
One of the adults supervising them was also wearing a shirt with a Napster logo — seemingly as neither an ironic nor confrontational gesture, but rather just as a winking acknowledgment of how much water under the bridge band and audience share after 40 years.
—Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 5 Aug. 2023
All that is water under the bridge now, and my still very feisty 8-year-old girl has a birth story for the record books!
—Sophia Solano, Washington Post, 13 May 2023
Rachel Desantis, Peoplemag, 26 Feb. 2024
His exit now appears to be water under the bridge, as Wolford gives UK an ace recruiter.
—The Courier-Journal, 29 Jan. 2024
Fans thought the incident was water under the bridge after the two went out together for Palmer’s 30th birthday in August.
—Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 10 Nov. 2023
But all of that appeared to be water under the bridge the morning after Mr. McCarthy’s ouster.
—Annie Karni, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2023
One of the adults supervising them was also wearing a shirt with a Napster logo — seemingly as neither an ironic nor confrontational gesture, but rather just as a winking acknowledgment of how much water under the bridge band and audience share after 40 years.
—Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 5 Aug. 2023
All that is water under the bridge now, and my still very feisty 8-year-old girl has a birth story for the record books!
—Sophia Solano, Washington Post, 13 May 2023
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