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What does over the hill mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word over the hill? Here's what it means.

Prepositional phrase
  1. (of a person, idiomatic) Old, past the prime of life.
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A rider can arrive at the start of the Tour under-form, but not over the hill.
His vibrant symphonies four, five and six show him at his peak, but this sinfonia is over the hill.
We passed the trident, crossed over the hill and tumbled down a moraine the far side, our feet slipping on the loose rock.
Driving blind, he came over the hill to find his ball on a gorse-infested slope.
Older rugby players proved they are not over the hill at the start of Swindon's Masters in Sport Tag Rugby sessions.
In the movie, Rocky will be a lonely, over the hill and impoverished loser, unloved by everyone and a shadow of his former mighty self.

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