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so long
interjection
- 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
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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]Discover More
Example Sentences
In other words, the system had its points-so long as Americans were willing to trade representativeness for effectiveness.
That is to say, the last pipe of all before the so-long indomitable intellect abdicates, and the body succumbs to weariness.
Al had not seen the bay, and the talk tapered off desultorily to a final "So-long, see yuh later."
"So-long," called Connie, as he stood beside the sled a half-hour later.
The other nodded; then, with a "so-long," he cut across the street and disappeared into an office where he had business.
“So-long, kid,” he called, as his head sank to the level of the sidewalk.
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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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