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to never get old

to never get old

14 4.6
Stay enjoyable no matter how often you hear or see it
  • phrasal verb
  • Informal
: no pasar de moda
  • Hearing my grandmother's stories never gets old; I love listening to them every time.
  • a joke that never gets old
  • Music never gets old
  • things never get old

Everything about this song is so cool and never gets old.

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Examples

  • Luckily, there are so many to choose from on Long Island that it never gets old.

    Blog text (2)

  • It never gets old.

    Nefarious (2023)

  • This view never gets old, does it?

    Wolf Man (2025)

  • Helping people never gets old.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • It's one of those questions that never gets old.

    Blog text (6)

  • The classics never get old.

    Blog text (11)

  • With three different game modes, the title never gets old, providing hours upon hours of bowling fun!

    Blog text (23)

  • I've listened to it hundreds of times, and it never gets old.

    Blog text (11)

  • Burlington Arcade never gets old.

    Blog text (19)

  • No matter how many times I watch that movie, it never gets old and always makes me laugh.

Antonyms

to get old
  • Informal
66 5.8

To become boring or annoying after you hear it many times

How Enjoyable

to never get old
  • Informal
14 4.6
to amuse
78 1.4
to entertain
244 2.0
to interest
189 1.0
to bore
64 1.4

Surface Forms

never get old infinitive
never got old past
never getting old present participle
never gets old third person singular
never gotten old past participle

Morphology

never + get + old

The meaning is transparently built from 'never' (not ever) + 'get' (become) + 'old' (become aged or stale); the phrase literally says something will not become old and, in context, will not become boring. The extension of 'old' to 'stale/boring' is a predictable, cross-linguistic metaphor, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.

Etymology

Never get old comes from the simple image of something that does not get old or 'age' like a person—think of a joke or a view that always feels fresh. That's why it means 'to remain enjoyable' no matter how often you experience it.