If you say that an idea or belief has become ~, you mean it is widely used and accepted.
The story that she was trapped in a loveless marriage became ~.
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If you say that an idea or belief has become ~, you mean it is widely used and accepted.
The story that she was trapped in a loveless marriage became ~.
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Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012