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that train has already left the station

that train has already left the station is the alternative form of that train has left the station.

Meaning of that train has left the station

Phrase

that train has left the station

  1. That opportunity has already passed; that cannot be undone.
    • The expression "You've missed the boat" was replaced by "That train has left the station" and will one day be replaced by "That space shuttle has already started the countdown".1981 March 22, William Safire, “On Language: Do you speak ASPIC?”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 24 May 2015, retrieved 17 Sep 2017

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That train has already left the station is the alternative form of that train has left the station.

Words near that train has already left the station in the dictionary

  1. that ship has sailed
  2. that tears it
  3. that there
  4. that time of the month
  5. that tired feeling
  6. that train has already left the station
  7. that train has left the station
  8. that was a joke, Joyce
  9. that was it
  10. that was not the wind
  11. that was that

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