take forever



take forever

to happen very slowly I have an old microwave, the kind that takes forever to boil a cup of water. In rush-hour traffic, it takes forever to get home.
See also: forever, take

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Michikomee-chee-koJapanese
Asch[æʃ]
Kaimana-Hawaiian
Aeneas[i:'ni:æs]
Mattan-Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
Salimsah-LEEMArabic