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Before long   /bɪfˈɔr lɔŋ/   Listen
Before long

adverb
1.
In the near future.  Synonyms: presently, shortly, soon.  "The book will appear shortly" , "She will arrive presently" , "We should have news before long"






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"Before long" Quotes from Famous Books



... in the daily papers and peruse the advertising column," she answered, courageously. "Never mind, it will all come right before long, and we can keep up our spirits ...
— Vagabondia - 1884 • Frances Hodgson Burnett

... going back to the top of the hill," she said suddenly to Mrs. Whiting. "I want to see what it looks like now. Go on down. I will catch you before long." ...
— The Shepherd of the North • Richard Aumerle Maher

... rather to the government and legislature which uphold it, and refuse to mitigate its ferocity, that the crime rightly attaches; and they will be held responsible for it by history, by posterity—ay, and perhaps before long, by the retributive justice of God, and the vengeance of a people infuriated by barbarous oppression, and brought at last to bay by their destroyers." It is difficult to read such statements and wonder that agrarian outrage prevailed extensively in Ireland, and ...
— The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. - From George III. to Victoria • E. Farr and E. H. Nolan

... crowns, the Jugo-Slav crowns, the Rumanian lei, and all the other depreciated moneys, their fate is not doubtful. As their value is always descending, and the gold equivalent becomes almost indeterminable, they will have a common fate. As for the Polish mark, it can be said that before long it will not be worth the paper on which ...
— Peaceless Europe • Francesco Saverio Nitti

... English princess lost her lover by death. She was said to be inconsolable. But before long it was whispered that she was to marry her lover's brother. At length it was announced in the papers, only to be contradicted as a false rumor which very much hurt the feelings of all the parties it concerned. Those who understood ...
— Flowers of Freethought - (Second Series) • George W. Foote


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