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the story goes en · X

Meanings

1. The story is usually depicted as follows.
   • James Kirkwood's play P.S. Your Cat Is Dead! opened nearly three years ago on Broadway, and, so the story goes, was promptly killed by critics — presumably because of its gay material. 1978 April 8, Robert Chesley, “The Cat Burglar Returns”, in Gay Community News, page 11:
   • The story goes that they won the day.

Relateds

rumour has it

Translations (3)

fr il parait (que…) (Translations) · es va de cuento (Translations) · fr on dit (que…) (Translations)