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View definitions for long for

long for

verb as in wish for

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Well, it didn’t take long for one of Mr. Insights’, well, insights to make people see red.

"Prostate cancer patients are waiting too long for diagnosis and treatment but through our National Cancer Plan we will transform the way we treat cancer," he added.

From BBC

Johnson was one of the initial hires — along with current analysts Terry Bradshaw and Howie Long — for the fledgling “Fox NFL Sunday” studio show in 1994.

It didn't take long for me to learn the slang used for terms like knife seller, flick knife and zombie knife.

From BBC

The 97th Academy Awards arrive Sunday after an awards season full of wild momentum swings, online trolling and internecine whisper campaigns that almost made me long for the day when Harvey Weinstein would personally take me to a movie theater just so I’d know how much people loved “Chocolat.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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