[Idiom] consign the concept to history

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maiabulela

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Dear all,

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within months Stanford was being investigated by the FBI for fraud.
As a result, the two cricket boards cancelled all contracts with him, consigning the Stanford concept to history.


What does this expression mean?

Thanks a lot
 

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Dear all,

In:

within months Stanford was being investigated by the FBI for fraud.
As a result, the two cricket boards cancelled all contracts with him, consigning the Stanford concept to history.


What does this expression mean?

Thanks a lot

When we consign something to history we stop using/doing it, so it literally becomes history (something from the past that is no longer used/done).
 

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PS

I thought this question was going to be about Trotsky. /disappointed :-(

There's an expression in English that actually originates in Russian -- "dustbin of history". That's where things and people figuratively go or are forced to go when they are consigned to history.
 

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When we consign something to history we stop using/doing it, so it literally becomes history (something from the past that is no longer used/done).

Always a thourough answer! It's clear now.
SOrry to disappoint.:roll:
 
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