go the way of the dodo
To go extinct or become obsolete or defunct; to fall out of common practice or use; to become a thing of the past.
Now that word-processing has caught on, typewriters have gone the way of the dodo.
dodo
UK /ˈdəʊdəʊ/ US /ˈdoʊˌdoʊ/
noun 4
Collocations
5ADJ.
animal, best, dependent, favorite, national
VERB + DODO
called, classed, respecting
DODO + NOUN
everybody's, tree
PREP.
from, with
ADV.
already, perhaps
Definitions
noun
1
A large, flightless bird, †Raphus cucullatus, related to the pigeon, that is now extinct (since the 1600s) and was native to Mauritius.
In spite of the most active search, during the last century, no information respecting the dodo was obtained, and some authors have gone so far as to pretend that it never existed; […]
Within a very few years after these islands shall have become regularly settled, in all probability this fox will be classed with the dodo, as an animal which has perished from the face of the earth.
2
A person or organisation which is very old or has very old-fashioned views or is not willing to change and adapt.
3
A hole in one.
"Most of the aces weren't on holes I would have liked to have made them on," confessed Colk, who dropped his fifth dodo of 1935 on December 29, which was believed at the time to be a record for most aces in a year.
noun
1
Fried plantain.
Dodo is everybody's favorite! It is a superb snack, a side dish, a breakfast food or a dessert all rolled into one. The best dodo is made from soft (almost over ripe) plantain which is cut in 1/2 inch thick diagonal slices and fried to a crispy golden brown.
Mother had banned it a year or so earlier after Obembe and I stole pieces from Mother's cooler, and lied that we'd seen rats eating the dodos.
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Idioms & Phrases
go the way of the dodo bird
Alternative form of go the way of the dodo.
[A]s many middle-class women entered the workforce, the live-in servant went the way of the dodo bird, and the maids, servants, and hired girls who had helped with the back-breakin
Example Bank
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In spite of the most active search, during the last century, no information respecting the dodo was obtained, and some authors have gone so far as to pretend that it never existed; […]
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Within a very few years after these islands shall have become regularly settled, in all probability this fox will be classed with the dodo, as an animal which has perished from the face of the earth.
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Wildlife biologist Stanley Temple hypothesised that perhaps the dodo tree was dependent on its seeds passing through the digestive system of dodos in order to properly germinate and that the handful o
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Dodo is everybody's favorite! It is a superb snack, a side dish, a breakfast food or a dessert all rolled into one. The best dodo is made from soft (almost over ripe) plantain which is cut in 1/2 inch
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Mother had banned it a year or so earlier after Obembe and I stole pieces from Mother's cooler, and lied that we'd seen rats eating the dodos.
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One popular Nigerian dish is fried plantain, which is called “dodo.”
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