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so long

interjection

Informal.

goodbye:
I said so long and left.

so long

sentence substitute

informal.
farewell; goodbye

adverb

slang.
for the time being; meanwhile

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Word History and Origins

Origin of so long¹

An Americanism dating back to 1840–50

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Idioms and Phrases

Good-bye, as in So long, we'll see you next week . The allusion here is puzzling; long presumably means “a long time” and perhaps the sense is “until we meet again after a long time,” but the usage has no such implication. [ Colloquial ; first half of 1800s]

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Those who spend time in L.A.’s juvenile halls welcomed the possibility of Bonta stepping up — but also questioned why it took so long.

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Starting with, why is this taking so long to resolve?

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"I'd been fighting so long and so hard to see the end result for this."

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Big money for a side operating on frees and non-contracts not so long ago, but small fry when it comes to pushing for the Premier League.

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Not so long ago, Sanders was widely projected as a top pick and maybe the player chosen No. 1 overall.

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