dustbin of history

English

Noun

dustbin of history

  1. Synonym of trash heap of history.
    • 2022 January 9, Laura Spinney, “Are we witnessing the dawn of post-theory science?”, in The Guardian‎[1]:
      Soon, the old scientific method – hypothesise, predict, test – would be relegated to the dustbin of history.
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