over the hill

phrasal

: past the peak : on the downgrade

I was over the hill as far as moneymaking was concerned — W.A.White

— compare go over the hill at go over

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over the hill (informal)

1. Past one's highest point of efficiency, success, etc

2. On the downgrade

3. Past the greatest difficulty

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Main Entry: ↑hill

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over the hill see under ↑hill

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Main Entry: ↑over

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over the hill informal phrase

no longer young and therefore unable to do things that you could do in the past

Judging from Saturday’s performance, she’s by no means over the hill yet.

Thesaurus: old of people_synonym old of things_hyponym

Main entry: hill

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informal old and past one's prime

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over the hill

informal : old and no longer successful, attractive, etc.

an athlete who's over the hill

an over-the-hill actor

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Main Entry: ↑hill

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ˌover the ˈhill idiom

(informal) (of a person) old and therefore no longer useful or attractive

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Youngsters seem to think you're over the hill at 40!

Main entry: ↑hill_idiom