before long
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before long
Soon. I only planned to sweep the floor, but before long I was cleaning the whole room. I know Jon can be prickly sometimes, but he's really a good guy, and I'll think you'll come to like him before long.
before long
soon. Billy will be grown-up before long. If we keep spending so much, before long we'll be without any money.
before long
Soon, in the near future, as in The baby will be teething before long. This idiom was first recorded in 1865.
before long
Soon.