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the past
a) the time that existed before the present 
It's time she stopped living in the past (=thinking only about the past) and began to think about her future.
It's time she stopped living in the past (=thinking only about the past) and began to think about her future.b) SLG the past tense
2 used to say that an unpleasant experience has ended and can be forgotten : You mustn't think about it. It's all in the past now.
all in the past
spokenYou mustn't think about it. It's all in the past now.3 [singular] the past life or existence of someone or something : At some time in its past the church was rebuilt. The woman who ran the bar had a very shady past (=events in her past which might be considered bad).
At some time in its past the church was rebuilt.The woman who ran the bar had a very shady past (=events in her past which might be considered bad).
