not long
English
Adverb
- Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see not, long.
- "How long have you been in the service?" ―"Not long."
- (Britain) Fairly recently.
- 1976, L. P. Davies, Possession, The Crime Club, →ISBN, page 138:
- " […] You ought to try one of these biscuits. They're good."
- "I've not long had breakfast," Morgan told him.
- 1976, L. P. Davies, Possession, The Crime Club, →ISBN, page 138:
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