time out of mind
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of time out of mind
First recorded in 1470–80
Example Sentences
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The alligator lizards and their prey live on together, as they have since time out of mind.
From New York Times • Oct. 18, 2022
So it is, and so it will be, for so it has been, time out of mind.
From New York Times • Oct. 8, 2022
For time out of mind, or at least as far back as Robert Flaherty's 1926 "Moana" and F.W.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 22, 2016
War had given new life to the old fight over differential freight rates, which, Southern and Western businessmen have claimed time out of mind, discriminate against them in favor of the industrial East.
From Time Magazine Archive
This all happened long, long ago, in time out of mind, in the days when the gods still walked the earth.
From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman
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