go down in history

1. see go down, def. 6.

Example Sentences

The battle of Pokrovsk will probably go down in history as the first in which unmanned ground vehicles were used on a mass scale, largely to deliver supplies and evacuate wounded.

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“She will go down in history as one of the most important speakers,” James Thurber, a congressional expert at Washington’s American University, said.

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“That’s going to go down in history as one of the best championship performances in any sport,” pitching coach Mark Prior added.

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“That’s going to go down in history,” Dodgers pitching coach Mark Prior said, “as one of the best championship performances in any sport.”

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He wants to preserve his power, keep on postponing his trial for corruption, win elections due next year, and not to go down in history as the leader responsible for security blunders that led to the deadliest day for Jews since the Nazi holocaust.

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