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Expressions meaning that a person is not so young any more—for example, “She must be ________ sixty.”

PUSHING 369
CROWDING 119
NEARING 76
ALL OF 61
PAST 59
NEAR 57
NR 55
CLOSE TO 49
AT LEAST 42
HITTING 37
NEARLY 30
OVER 28
ALMOST 26
GOING ON 22
AROUND 17
NIGH ON TO 15
APPROACHING 14
ABOUT 12
REACHING 12
NO SPRING CHICKEN 11
GETTING OLD 10
NEAR TO 9
GETTING CLOSE TO 8
GETTING UP IN YEARS 4
NIGH ON 4
PRESSING 4
PRETTY NEAR 4
TURNING 4
EVERY BIT OF 3
GETTING 3
IN HER SIXTIES 3
MIDDLE-AGED 3
OVER THE HILL 3
SHOVING 3
CREEPING ON TO 2
EASILY 2
GETTING ON 2
GETTING ON TO 2
GOOD 2
IN HER FIFTIES 2
NEVER SEE SIXTY 2
NOT A SPRING CHICKEN 2
OLD ENOUGH TO VOTE 2
ON THE SHADY SIDE OF 2
REACHING FOR 2
RIGHT AT 2
RUBBING 2
SHADING 2
SHOWING HER AGE 2
UP IN YEARS 2
AGE IS BEGINNING TO SHOW 1
AGING 1
AIN’T AS YOUNG AS SHE USED TO BE 1
AIN’T FAR AWAY FROM 1
AIN’T SO YOUNG AS SHE USED TO BE 1
ANYHOW 1
BATTIN’ 1
‘BOUT MIDDLE-AGED 1
CATCHING UP TO 1
CHASING 1
CLIMBING 1
CLOCKIN’ 1
CLOSE ON TO 1
CRAWLING CLOSE TO 1
CRAWLING TOWARDS 1
DAMN NEAR 1
EASILY IN HER LATE FIFTIES 1
EVER BIT OF 1
FAR SIDE OF 1
GETTING ALONG TOWARD 1
GETTING ALONG TOWARDS 1
GETTING AROUND 1
GETTING GRAY ON TOP 1
GETTING NEAR 1
GETTING ON TOWARD 1
GETTING ON TOWARDS 1
GETTING ON UP 1
GETTING PAST 1
GETTING TO 1
GETTING TO BE AN OLD BIRD 1
GETTING UP THERE 1
GIVING SIXTY A FIT 1
GOING INTO HER NINETIES 1
GOING ON PAST 1
GOING ON TO 1
GOING OVER THE HILL 1
HALF AS OLD AS THE HILLS 1
HAS TO BE OVER 1
HEADING FOR 1
HER TIME’S OVERDUE 1
HER YEAR 1
HITTING IN THE SIXTIES 1
HITTING ON 1
HITTING SIXTY HARD 1
HOVERING NEAR 1
HUGGING 1
IN HER LATE FIFTIES 1
IN HER NINETIES 1
JUST ABOUT 1
JUST PAST 1
LITTLE LONG IN THE TOOTH 1
LOOKS TO BE SIXTY 1
LOST HER PEP 1
MORE THAN 1
MOST 1
MOULTIN’ 1
MUST PUSHING INTO 1
NEAR ON 1
NEAR ON TO 1
NEVER SEE FIFTY AGAIN 1
NOT A DAY UNDER 1
NOT A SPRING CHICKEN ANYMORE 1
NOT AS YOUNG AS SHE USE TO BE 1
OLD AS THE HILLS 1
OLD FILLY 1
OLD HEN 1
ON IN YEARS 1
ON THE WRONG SIDE OF 1
ON TO 1
OVER THE HUMP 1
PASSING 1
PAST HER HEYDAY 1
PAST HER PRIME 1
PAST HER SALAD DAYS 1
PAST MIDDLE AGE 1
PAST THE DEADLINE 1
PRETTY CLOSE TO 1
PULLING 1
PUSHING AT 1
RAISING 1
REACHING PAST 1
RIGHT ON 1
ROUNDING 1
SCRATCHING 1
SHOVING TOWARD 1
SIXTY ANYWAY 1
SIXTY IF SHE IS A DAY 1
SIXTY IF SHE’S A DAY 1
SIXTY OR MORE 1
SIXTY YEARS YOUNG 1
SIXTY-ODD 1
SLIPPING ON 1
SUNNY SIDE OF (NUMBER) 1
UP IN HER SIXTIES 1
UP INTO 1
UPWARDS OF 1
WELL ON IN YEARS 1
WELL ON TO 1
WELL PAST 1

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