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before long
  1. 1 before long, soon, shortly
  2. 2 almost, nearly
  3. 3 finally, in the end, eventually
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Mastered counts as known everywhere (frontier, map, extension) but never appears in the quiz again. New wipes the review history for this item.

· examples

  • It was not long before I caught up with him.

  • All things die in time.

  • A novelty wears off in time.

  • Before long, the moon began to appear.

  • He soon recovered his composure.