old hat

Example Sentences

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He stopped his team, jerked his battered old hat from his head, and waved it at me.

From Literature

“He was old hat, and Las Vegas was seen as the graveyard of the stars.”

From The Wall Street Journal

All-time highs have become old hat to a market that’s seen the S&P 5oo notch nearly three dozen record closes this year, and the catalysts are familiar too: trade and tech.

From Barron's

Maybe the headlines about looming shutdown deadlines feel like old hat, at this point.

From Slate

“Even though they were only a couple of years older than the Beatles, they were treated as old hat,” says Mazor.

From Los Angeles Times