be past
No longer happening
To be past something is to have moved beyond it in time, development, or concern.
If you are past caring, you no longer care.
If someone is past their prime, their best years have ended.
The phrase often signals that a stage has concluded: We're past the hard part now.
It can also indicate excess: It's past midnight.
- elapsedGone by, temporally
- resolvedFirmly decided upon
- finishedBrought to an end
- formerPreviously holding a position
- transcendedWent beyond usual limits
completed · over and done with · bygone · healed · reconciled · let go · wrapped up · forgotten · old news · dead and buried · previous · unburdened · terminated · overcome · closed · forgiven · expired · long gone