go down (in history) (as someone or something)

go down (in history) (as someone or something)
go down (in history) (as someone or something)
to be recorded for history as a significant person or event. •

You will go down in history as the most stubborn woman who ever lived.

She will go down as a very famous woman.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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