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gang und gäbe (adj idiom)  commonplace, common practice; taken for granted

Der ehemalige Bundesliga-Coach Peter Neururer hat Doping im Fußball Ende der 80er Jahre als „gang und gäbe“ bezeichnet.
Former Bundesliga coach Peter Neururer has characterized doping in soccer in the late 1980s as “commonplace.”

Related: gang und gäbe sein to be commonplace / common practice, gängig common; current; popular

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