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  1. 12-Sep-2006, 16:28 #1
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    Default Dilemma

    hi,

    I have met the idiom "a back number". Who can tell me its meaning? The sentence was like this" Whoever called Charles Thorpe a back number is badly informed. He still has considerable influence in the company.


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  2. 13-Sep-2006, 04:55 #2
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    It meands 'dated/out of style, fashion, touch'.
  3. 13-Sep-2006, 09:16 #3
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    It means influence afterwards.
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