📚 prep_phrase • entry_id 57768
by now
Meanings (ES + gloss)
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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.
My parents ought to've arrived by now. I wonder what's keeping them.
Near-synonyms: already, at this stage, at this point
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