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have been around the block en · X
Meanings
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(figuratively) to be experienced in life.
A no-nonsense, goal-oriented woman who's been around the block and lived to tell the tale.
2002, Jürgen Müller, Movies of the 80s, Taschen, →ISBN, page 122:
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(figuratively) to have had much sex with many people, as if one has had sex with everyone on the block.
We both knew Cypress had been around the block a few times. He had been a serious manwhore and only got his shit together when he found Bree.
2017, E. L. Todd, 400 First Kisses, New York, NY.: Hartwick Publishing, →ISBN, page 65: