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sooner or later — {adv. phr.} At some unknown time in the future; sometime. * /John will come back sooner or later./ * /Grandpa is very slow about fixing things around the house, but he always does it sooner or later./ Compare: OR OTHER … Dictionary of American idioms
sooner or later — {adv. phr.} At some unknown time in the future; sometime. * /John will come back sooner or later./ * /Grandpa is very slow about fixing things around the house, but he always does it sooner or later./ Compare: OR OTHER … Dictionary of American idioms
sooner — soon|er [ sunər ] adverb * earlier than expected: My prediction has come true sooner than I thought. a new test for detecting certain cancers much sooner than before I d sooner do something SPOKEN used for saying what you would prefer to do: I d… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
sooner — [[t]su͟ːnə(r)[/t]] 1) Sooner is the comparative of soon. 2) PHRASE You say the sooner the better when you think something should be done as soon as possible. Detective Holt said: The kidnapper is a man we must catch and the sooner the better . 3) … English dictionary
Sooner or later — Soon Soon (s[=oo]n), adv. [OE. sone, AS. s[=o]na; cf. OFries. s[=o]n, OS. s[=a]na, s[=a]no, OHG. s[=a]r, Goth. suns.] 1. In a short time; shortly after any time specified or supposed; as, soon after sunrise. Sooner said than done. Old Proverb. As … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
no sooner (do something) than (do something else) — immediately after one thing happens another thing happens. I had no sooner gotten my bags unpacked than I felt as if I had never been on vacation. He was no sooner graduated than he was on his way to California. She no sooner completed one… … New idioms dictionary
I would sooner do something (than something else) — I, etc. would sooner do sth (than sth else) idiom to prefer to do sth (than do sth else) • She d sooner share a house with other students than live at home with her parents. Main entry: ↑soonidiom … Useful english dictionary
One of Us Must Know (Sooner or Later) — Single by Bob Dylan from the album Blonde on Blonde … Wikipedia
no sooner … than … — no sooner… than… idiom used to say that sth happens immediately after sth else • No sooner had she said it than she burst into tears. Main entry: ↑soonidiom … Useful english dictionary
the sharper the storm, the sooner it’s over — Cf. SENECA Natural Questions VII. ix. procellae, quanto plus habent virium, tanto minus temporis, the harder storms are, the shorter they last. 1872 F. KILVERT Diary 9 June (1977) II. 207 Mrs. Vaughan will have a good family soon. Her children… … Proverbs new dictionary
Those She Left Behind — is a 1989 made for TV movie about a father forced to raise his newborn daughter alone after the unexpected death of his wife in childbirth.PlotThe movie stars Gary Cole as Scott Grimes, a man who owns a rising realty business. His wife Sue,… … Wikipedia