Local English word record

long since

adverb · 1 sense

of the distant or comparatively distant past is Scottish

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Examples

  • We met once long ago
  • they long ago forsook their nomadic life
  • left for work long ago
  • he has long since given up mountain climbing
  • This name has long since been forgotten

Word relationships

Synonyms

long ago, lang syne

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Princeton WordNet 3.0