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tried and true

tried and true adjective: well-established and tested; known to work or succeed based on extensive experience.

Adjective

tried and true (comparative more tried and true, superlative most tried and true)

  1. Well-established and tested; known to work or succeed based on extensive experience.
    • He liked to stick to tried and true methods in his garden.

Synonyms of tried and true

Forms of tried and true

comparativemore tried and true
superlativemost tried and true

Questions about tried and true

What does tried and true mean?
Tried and true means well-established and tested; known to work or succeed based on extensive experience.
What part of speech is tried and true?
Tried and true is an adjective.

Words near tried and true in the dictionary

  1. Triebel-Lizorkin spaces
  2. triecious
  3. triecy
  4. tried
  5. tried and tested
  6. tried and true
  7. tried and trusted
  8. tried conclusions
  9. tried for size
  10. tried it on
  11. tried it on the dog

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