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Definitions for by-and-by
ˌbaɪ ənˈbaɪby-and-by
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Princeton's WordNet
by-and-byadverb
an indefinite time in the future
"he'll get around to it in the sweet by-and-by"
by and by, lateradverb
at some eventual time in the future
"By and by he'll understand"; "I'll see you later"
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by-and-by
By-and-by is an idiomatic phrase usually used to refer to a future time, specifically an unspecified time in the future. It suggests that something will happen "eventually" or "sooner or later".
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of by-and-by in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of by-and-by in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of by-and-by in a Sentence
O my Brothers! love your Country. Our Country is our home, the home which God has given us, placing therein a numerous family which we love and are loved by, and with which we have a more intimate and quicker communion of feeling and thought than with others; a family which by its concentration upon a given spot, and by the homogeneous nature of its elements, is destined for a special kind of activity.
Celebrity-worship and hero-worship should not be confused. Yet we confuse them every day, and by doing so we come dangerously close to depriving ourselves of all real models. We lose sight of the men and women who do not simply seem great because they are famous but are famous because they are great. We come closer and closer to degrading all fame into notoriety.
The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is the highest-ranking military officer whose sole role is providing military-specific advice to the president, and by law is prohibited from exercising executive authority to command forces, the chain of command runs from the President to the Secretary of Defense, not through the Chairman.
If you can impress any man with an absorbing conviction of the supreme importance of some moral or religious doctrine if you can make him believe that those who reject that doctrine are doomed to eternal perdition if you then give that man power, and by means of his ignorance blind him to the ulterior consequences of his own act,-he will infallibly persecute those who deny his doctrine.
People are out there looking for ways to make money on further easing because the sentiment that's being pushed by the street and by brokers is that there will be fresh stimulus from the BOJ, that's the sentiment that's pushing things up and you can see it in the way real estate is taking the lead.
Translations for by-and-by
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- nach und durchGerman
- por-y-porSpanish
- oleh-dan-olehIndonesian
- バイやバイJapanese
- 通过和 - 通过Chinese
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