not long
Adverb
Meaning
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see not, long.
"How long have you been in the service?" ―"Not long."
(UK) Fairly recently.
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Antonyms
Examples
Were the walls of our meat industry to become transparent, literally or even figuratively, we would not long continue to raise, kill, and eat animals the way we do.
History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or the timid.
This is a world of compensation and he who would be no slave must consent to have no slave. Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves and, under a just God, can not long retain it.
A fool's money is not long in his pocket.
When once at sea, do not long to be on shore.
Revenge does not long remain unrevenged.