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of late
Idioms and Phrases
Recently, lately, as in She's been very quiet of late; is something wrong? This idiom uses late as a noun instead of an adjective, a usage dating from about 1250. The idiom dates from the early 1400s.Example Sentences
Brighton have issues too - their form has fallen off a cliff of late and their supporters are not pleased with the way they are finishing the season either.
Colorado’s Shedeur Sanders isn’t attending the draft, nor is Mississippi’s Jaxson Dart, a quarterback who has generated a lot of interest of late.
They ended a poor run by beating Fulham on Monday but they have looked a little tired of late, and don't have as much firepower as Newcastle or Manchester City.
My eyes have felt similarly as of late, wearied and underlined by dark circles after all their hours spent desperately seeking something exquisite.
The formerly bitter rival has softened its stance on exclusivity of late – a move which has upset some Xbox fans but pleased PS5 owners.
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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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