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by and by
Synonyms:
after a while, hereafter, in the future, some timeAntonyms:
at once, directly, forthwith, immediately, instanter, instantly, now, presently, right away, right off, straightway, this instant, without delay
Princeton's WordNet
by-and-byadverb
an indefinite time in the future
"he'll get around to it in the sweet by-and-by"
by and by, lateradverb
at some eventual time in the future
"By and by he'll understand"; "I'll see you later"
Synonyms:
after, subsequently, afterwards, later, afterward, later on
Dictionary of English Synonymes
by and by
Synonyms:
presently, soon, before long, in a short time
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#150 | after | |
#944 | later | |
#7792 | subsequently | |
#9046 | afterwards | |
#19225 | hereafter | |
#20129 | afterward |
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People who turn to not take me serious unconsciously neglect the future and by so doing their actions from then bears consequential results for both their ignorance and their state of unconsciousness.
The Tajoura detention center does pose a very high risk of being targeted as part of the wider conflict, in addition to the risks that refugees and migrants are exposed to by the conflict in general and by the conditions of detention.
Management manages by making decisions and by seeing that those decisions are implemented.
Twenty-five years on the sex offender registry meant that I wouldn't be able to go to the skate park until I was 45 and by then, I probably wouldn't even want to go, if I had kids, I wouldn't have been able to go to their school functions.
We just grabbed a few essentials and just ran and by that stage everybody along the street was on the move.
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