in the fullness of time
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› If you say something will happen in the fullness of time, you mean that it will happen if you wait long enough: Everything will become clear in the fullness of time.In the future and soon
(Definition of in the fullness of time from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- a matter/question of time idiom
- ahead adverb (IN THE FUTURE)
- all in good time idiom
- anon adverb
- ASAP
- away adverb (IN THE FUTURE)
- due adjective (EXPECTED)
- future adjective
- futuristic adjective
- gonna
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- in the short run idiom
- in two shakes (of a lamb's tail) idiom
- presently adverb (SOON)
- shortly adverb
- someday adverb
- sometime adverb
- soon adverb
- space noun (EMPTY PLACE)
- yet adverb (IN THE FUTURE)
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