for old times' sake

for old times' sake
for old times’ sake phrase
so that you can remember a happy time in the past

Let’s go back to Brighton, for old times’ sake.

Thesaurus: ways of talking about memoriessynonym
Main entry: old

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see sake I
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in memory of former times; in acknowledgment of a shared past

they sat in the back seats for old times' sake

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for old times' sake — see sake, 1
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Main Entry:old
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for old times' sake
◇ If you do something for old times' sake, you do it because you did it in the past and you want to experience it again.

He and his old friends from college went back to the bar for old times' sake.

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Main Entry:sake

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for ˈold times' sake idiom
if you do sth for old times' sake, you do it because it is connected with sth good that happened to you in the past
Main entry:oldidiom

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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