Verb
take long (third-person singular simple present takes long, present participle taking long, simple past took long, past participle taken long)
take time
Among the most striking things that I have learned is how much we have in common. I've sat down with people everywhere, discussing what was in their hearts and on their minds. And it doesn't take long to find commonality, which is often overlooked, ignored, dismissed, and rejected otherwise. Hillary Clinton
It didn't take long to realize I didn't hardly know nothing. And that if you ast yourself why you black or a man or a woman or a bush it don't mean nothing if you don't ast why you here, period. Alice Walker
I hope it won't take long. Enrico Fermi
Take long walks in stormy weather or through deep snows in the fields andwoods, if you would keep your spirits up. Deal with brute nature. Be coldand hungry and weary. Henry David Thoreau
Too many cooks, cooking at the same time makes the day take long to break. African Proverb
Eggs may be smarter than the chickens, but it doesn't take long for them to stink. Yiddish Proverb