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in a while
Idioms and Phrases
Also, after a while . After a period of time, usually a moderately short time. For example, Go ahead, I'll be along in a while , or After a while we turned off the television and went for a walk . [c. 1300]Example Sentences
Once in a while, Michelle texts me about a show of her own or one of Ravi’s, or sends me a photo from that first event in 2021.
Reading about the wars in Ukraine and Gaza have made him more appreciative of peace at home, he said, adding, “I feel so lucky that I don’t have to endure the smell of gunpowder or crawl into a bunker once in a while, like previous generations did.”
But “every once in a while,” the veteran quarterback said, the team might ask for his opinion about a prospect.
I will tell you one piece of advice I gave Karoline at the beginning is that she’s got a great smile and she should use it and it is OK to lighten up every once in a while.
But once in a while, they're going to get a revelation.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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