Meanings
alternative for old time's sake
- idiomaticAn appeal to the nostalgia of prior experiences to convince someone to do something.
1 more example
When gang leader Chen Xinfu was apprehended in Haikou, capital of south China’s island province of Hainan, earlier this month he told his arresting officers: “Guys, take good care of me, for old times’ sake.” Unlike the hundreds of other mob bosses who have been rounded up in recent months, Chen has a special relationship with the police: before his descent into the criminal underworld, he was deputy head of the public security bureau in the city’s Xiuying district.
2019 April 14, Guo Rui, “China’s war on organised crime, corrupt officials sees 79,000 people detained”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 Apr 2019, PoliticsSynonyms: one more time for the sweet souvenir
Synonyms & antonyms
prepositional phraseAn appeal to the nostalgia of prior experiences to convince someone to do something.
Origin
Translations
Finnish vanhojen aikojen kunniaksi
- vanhojen aikojen kunniaksiTranslations
French en mémoire du bon vieux temps, comme au bon vieux temps
- en mémoire du bon vieux tempsTranslations
- comme au bon vieux tempsTranslations
Polish po starej znajomości
- po starej znajomościTranslations
Cite this entry
for old times' sake. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/for%20old%20times'%20sake
“for old times' sake.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/for%20old%20times'%20sake. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “for old times' sake,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/for%20old%20times'%20sake.
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