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FOREVER AND A DAY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does forever and a day mean?
• FOREVER AND A DAY (adverb)
The adverb FOREVER AND A DAY has 1 sense:
1. for a very long or seemingly endless time
Familiarity information: FOREVER AND A DAY used as an adverb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
For a very long or seemingly endless time
Synonyms:
forever; forever and a day
Context example:
we had to wait forever and a day
Domain usage:
colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)
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