before long



before long

soon. Billy will be grown-up before long. If we keep spending so much, before long we'll be without any money.
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before long

soon I think we'll be finished with this before long.
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before long

Soon, in the near future, as in The baby will be teething before long. This idiom was first recorded in 1865.
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before long

Soon.
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Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Kathy['kæθi]
Zakhar-Russian
Philippinefee-lee-PEENFrench
HjalmarYAHL-mahr (Swedish)Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
HubertHYOO-bərt (English), HOO-bert (German), HUY-bərt (Dutch), uy-BER (French), HUW-bert (Polish)English, German, Dutch, French, Polish, Ancient Germanic
Munro-Scottish