go the way of the dodo

English

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Verb

go the way of the dodo

1. (idiomatic) to go extinct or become obsolete; to fall out of common use or practice; to become a thing of the past

   Now that wordprocessing has caught on, typewriters have gone the way of the dodo.

Synonyms

• go the way of the dinosaurs

Related terms

• dead as a dodo