go down in history

go down in history
go down in history
To be remembered and commented on for many years
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Main Entry:history

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go down in history take your place in history phrase
to be remembered by many people for having done something

He’ll go down in history as one of our finest leaders.

Thesaurus: to cause someone to remembersynonym
Main entry: history

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be remembered or recorded in history

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go down in history
: to be remembered as a very important person or event

The discovery of the structure of DNA will go down in history.

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Main Entry:history

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make ˈhistory | go down in ˈhistory idiom
to be or do sth so important that it will be recorded in history

a discovery that made medical history

Main entry:historyidiom

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  • go\ down\ in\ history — • go down in history • go down in the records v. phr. To be remembered or recorded for always. The lives of great men go down in history. Babe Ruth went down in history as a home run hitter. The boy s straight A s for four years of college went… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • go down in history — to be recorded in a particular way. I think that, in the end, this will go down in history as a very important project. Usage notes: sometimes used in the form go down in the annals of history or go down in the history books: He hopes to go down… …   New idioms dictionary

  • go down in history — or[go down in the records] {v. phr.} To be remembered or recorded for always. * /The lives of great men go down in history./ * /Babe Ruth went down in history as a home run hitter./ * /The boy s straight A s for four years of college went down in …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • go down in history — or[go down in the records] {v. phr.} To be remembered or recorded for always. * /The lives of great men go down in history./ * /Babe Ruth went down in history as a home run hitter./ * /The boy s straight A s for four years of college went down in …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • go down in history — or take your place in history to be remembered by many people for having done something He ll go down in history as one of our finest leaders …   English dictionary

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  • history — n. 1) to make history 2) to trace the history of smt. 3) to distort; revise, rewrite history 4) to go down in history as (he went down in history as a tyrant) 5) ancient; cultural; medieval; military; modem; natural history 6) a case; personal… …   Combinatory dictionary

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