Usually means: Proven effective through repeated use.
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We found 17 dictionaries that define the word tried and true:

General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. tried-and-true: Merriam-Webster
  2. tried-and-true: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. tried and true: Collins English Dictionary
  4. tried and true: Vocabulary.com
  5. tried and true: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. tried and true: Wiktionary
  7. tried-and-true: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. tried-and-true: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. tried-and-true, tried and true: Dictionary.com
  10. tried-and-true: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  11. Tried and True: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. tried and true: Rhymezone
  13. tried and true: FreeDictionary.org
  14. tried and true: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. tried-and-true, tried and true: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. tried-and-true: Legal dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. tried-and-true, tried and true: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (tried and true)

▸ adjective:  Well-established and tested; known to work or succeed based on extensive experience.

Similar:
reliable, time-tested, tried, dependable, Tested, well-tried, tried and tested, tried and trusted, approved, battle-tested, more...

Opposite:
untested, experimental, novel, innovative, unproven

Adjectives:
well-known, mislike, comme il faut, well known, beknown, well-established, gainly, working, known, seasonable

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Similar:
reliable, time-tested, tried, dependable, Tested, well-tried, tried and tested, tried and trusted, approved, battle-tested, more...

Opposite:
untested, experimental, novel, innovative, unproven

Adjectives:
well-known, mislike, comme il faut, well known, beknown, well-established, gainly, working, known, seasonable



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