of five years' standing

of five years' standing
of many/five/ten/etc years’ standing phrase
used for saying how long something has been happening

a Liverpool supporter of over 40 years’ standing

of long standing:

a friend of long standing

Thesaurus: existing or continuing for a long timesynonym continuing for a specific amount of timesynonym
Main entry: standing

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