tried and true
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3.4
- idiom
- Informal
- When choosing a new recipe, I prefer to stick with tried and true favorites that my family loves.
- tried and true method
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Watch on YouTubeThen talk to your more tried and true sources of support.
- Then talk to your more tried and true sources of support.
- I'm using tried and true products that actually work.
- They pull out the good old tried and true race card.
- I would say try these tried and true things first before you spend your money on supplements.
- You've got the long term really simple, tried and true method of investing.
- So this has just been my tried and true highlighting brush right here and and that is it.
- Narcissistic injuries often result in narcissists playing upon their tried and true script of being a victim.
- And don't get me wrong, that is a way to make television and it's a way, you know, that's a tried and true method that the industry likes.
- Like he's tried this before and he's like, this should have been a tried and true method.
Examples
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Things are moving forward, just not in the tried and true method used in the past.
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Finally, there is the tried-and-true method of getting ideas: reading magazines, newspapers, and books.
Academic text (2008) -
Then talk to your more tried and true sources of support.
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So the tried and true ways to make money exist.
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We are going to be testing three different tried and true seed starting methods.
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I'm using tried and true products that actually work.
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I know that when pressed, people will fall back on the tried and true.
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Though there are dozens of ways to get reviews, the tried-and-true methods often work best.
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They have a very tried and true strategy that we could all learn from.
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You've got the long term really simple, tried and true method of investing.
Synonyms
548
3.2
Shown by facts to be true and to work well
342
2.7
Able to be trusted to do what is expected
61
4.1
A person or thing people trust and choose first for a certain need
25
2.0
Known to work well because people have used it before
20
2.5
Shown to work well after people try or use it
7
3.8
Proven to work well for a long time
3
3.6
Often used for a long time because it works well
1
3.8
Works well after many tests
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6.3
Has worked well for many years
Antonyms
How Reliable
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'reliably proven by testing or experience' follows directly from combining 'tried' (tested or demonstrated by experience) with 'true' (genuine/valid); the coordinated structure simply emphasizes that something has been tested and found to work. This compositional pattern is transparent and predictable for learners who know the constituent words and basic coordinating structure.
Etymology
Tried and true comes from the simple idea of testing things: you try a method to see if it works, and if it does it is true, or 'reliable'. So the phrase means something that has been tested and is known to work.