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back in the day en · ADP

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Meanings

1. (idiomatic, informal) In the distant past; especially, at a time fondly remembered (the good old days).
   • Ah, back in the day. After stumbling out of the service entrance, and wandering to the beach to swim off our buzz, we would barefoot it down the beach to the Outrigger, where Mr. Don would sometimes do a cameo at the microphone. 2009, Everett Peacock, The Parrot Talks in Chocolate, Everett Peacock, →ISBN, page 31:
   • Sean May played like they did back in the day, kind of like 29 long years ago, when his father led Indiana to a national championship in 1976. 2005 April 5, Joe Lapointe, “COLLEGE BASKETBALL; North Carolina's Leader Does His Father Proud”, in The New York Times, retrieved 27 Jun 2010:
   • I wanted to do a song that epitomizes the feeling and vibe from back in the day while still being current. 1995 April 8, Havelock Nelson, quoting Jemini, “Mercury Debut Rapper Jemini Proudly Displays All His ‘Scars’”, in Billboard, volume 107, number 14, Nielsen Business Media, →ISSN, page 18:

Forms

Relateds

in my day · in one's day · before someone's time · in one's time

Synonyms

then · back then · at that time · BITD · at the time

Translations (19)

izh ennen muinaa (in the distant past) · tr bir zamanlar (in the distant past) · de damals (in the distant past) · de früher (in the distant past) · es entonces (in the distant past) · ru в старину́ (in the distant past) · fr à l'époque (in the distant past) · ro pe vremuri (in the distant past) · fi ennen vanhaan (in the distant past) · el τα παλιά τα χρόνια (in the distant past) · fr dans le temps (in the distant past) · es en aquellos tiempos (in the distant past) · pt naquele tempo (in the distant past) · he לְפָנִים (in the distant past) · fi aikoinaan (in the distant past) · pl kiedyś (in the distant past) · it quando c'era lui (fascistic) (in the distant past) · cmn 從前 /从前 (in the distant past) · pt naquela época (in the distant past)