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By and by   /baɪ ənd baɪ/   Listen
By and by

adverb
1.
At some eventual time in the future.  Synonym: later.  "I'll see you later"






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"By and by" Quotes from Famous Books



... and put both arms about the noble fellow's neck. "Come, Reno," she said "Come with me. We will go to find your master by and by." ...
— Ruth Fielding of the Red Mill • Alice B. Emerson

... your place, I would save up part of my salary, and by and by have an office, and perhaps a ...
— Risen from the Ranks - Harry Walton's Success • Horatio Alger, Jr.

... you are, Celine Leroque—and how these people will love you by and by! You now hold in your hands the thread that will unravel this mixture of mystery, and when the reckoning comes, it will not ...
— Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter • Lawrence L. Lynch

... they had and the sum they were expected by the padrone to bring. As the evening advanced the cold increased, and penetrated through their thin clothing, chilling them through and through. Giacomo felt it the most. By and by he began to sob ...
— Phil the Fiddler • Horatio Alger, Jr.

... remained at anchor outside the harbor during the night. Next morning a boat put off from the town end of the fort conveying several of Angria's relatives and some officers of Ramaji Punt's army. It by and by became known that Tulaji Angria, leaving his brother in charge of the fort, had given himself up to Ramaji Punt, and was now a prisoner in his camp. The visitors had come ostensibly to view the squadron, but really to discover what were Admiral ...
— In Clive's Command - A Story of the Fight for India • Herbert Strang


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