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by now

prep_phrase

Etymology

See by, sense 3: “not later than (the given time); not later than the end of (the given time interval)”.

Definitions

  1. The hour being what it is

    The hour being what it is; the hour being so advanced; considering that it is so far in time already; now that so much time has elapsed; if not before, now at the latest.

    • Near-synonyms: already, at this stage, at this point
    • My parents ought to've arrived by now. I wonder what's keeping them.
    • Totally overwhelmed by now, I started to hand out the fliers willy-nilly.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for by now. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA