go the way of the horse and buggy

go the way of the horse and buggy
go the way of the dodo & go the way of the horse and buggy
Fig. to become extinct; to become obsolete. •

The floppy disc has gone the way of the horse and buggy.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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