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View synonyms for so long

so long

interjection

, Informal.
  1. goodbye:

    I said so long and left.



so long

sentence substitute

  1. informal.
    farewell; goodbye
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


adverb

  1. slang.
    for the time being; meanwhile
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of so long1

An Americanism dating back to 1840–50
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Idioms and Phrases

Good-bye, as in So long, we'll see you next week . The allusion here is puzzling; long presumably means “a long time” and perhaps the sense is “until we meet again after a long time,” but the usage has no such implication. [ Colloquial ; first half of 1800s]
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Example Sentences

Superhero titles — for so long the movie industry’s version of IBM stock — have been on an especially strange ride.

He is homeless, and said he recalls being handcuffed so long people were forced to urinate on themselves.

In other words, the system had its points-so long as Americans were willing to trade representativeness for effectiveness.

That is to say, the last pipe of all before the so-long indomitable intellect abdicates, and the body succumbs to weariness.

Al had not seen the bay, and the talk tapered off desultorily to a final "So-long, see yuh later."

"So-long," called Connie, as he stood beside the sled a half-hour later.

The other nodded; then, with a "so-long," he cut across the street and disappeared into an office where he had business.

“So-long, kid,” he called, as his head sank to the level of the sidewalk.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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