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for the time being

if you describe how a situation will be for the time being, you mean it will be like that for a period of time, but may change in the future. You can stay with us for the time being. We've decided to do without a car for the time being.

See also: being, time

for the time being

at this time. This is probably about as good a deal as we're going to get, at least for the time being.

Related vocabulary: for the present

See also: being, time

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