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so long

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interjection Informal.

goodbye: I said so long and left.

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Words related to so long

farewell, goodbye, adieu, sendoff, bye-bye, valediction, parting, leave-taking, adios, salutation, ciao, cheerio, Godspeed, arrivederci, bye, sayonara, ta-ta, toodle-oo

Words nearby so long

so be it, so far, so far as, so far, so good, so help me, so long, so long as, so many, so much, so much as, so much for

Origin of so long

An Americanism dating back to 1840–50
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British Dictionary definitions for so long

so long

sentence substitute

informal farewell; goodbye

adverb

Southern African slang for the time being; meanwhile
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Idioms and Phrases with so long

so long

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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