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FOREVER AND A DAY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does forever and a day mean? 

FOREVER AND A DAY (adverb)
  The adverb FOREVER AND A DAY has 1 sense:

1. for a very long or seemingly endless timeplay

  Familiarity information: FOREVER AND A DAY used as an adverb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FOREVER AND A DAY (adverb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

For a very long or seemingly endless time

Synonyms:

forever; forever and a day

Context example:

we had to wait forever and a day

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)


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