In the old days
Late and in the old days are semantically related. in in the past topic. In some cases you can use "Late" instead an adverb phrase "In the old days".
Late
Late adverb - After the due, usual, or proper time.
In the old days and late are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "In the old days" instead an adverb "Late".
Both terms in one sentence
- Hindsight told him the warning signs were always there and, in the old days, he'd have paid attention long before it was too late.
Source: Properly Paranoid - Back in the old days before animated series and movies, there was a small group of fans who insisted on pronouncing "Magneto" with a short "e" (as in "magnet"), and as late as the 1970s Stan Lee professed uncertainty over the proper pronunciation.
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