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[syn: soon, shortly, presently, before long]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
before long
    adv 1: in the near future; "the doctor will soon be here"; "the
           book will appear shortly"; "she will arrive presently";
           "we should have news before long" [syn: soon,
           shortly, presently, before long]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
27 Moby Thesaurus words for "before long":
   after a time, after a while, afterward, afterwards, anon, betimes,
   by and by, by destiny, directly, ere long, fatally, hopefully,
   imminently, in a moment, in a while, in aftertime, in due course,
   in due time, in the future, later, predictably, presently,
   probably, proximo, shortly, soon, tomorrow