ago : Idioms & Phrases


long ago

  • adverb of the distant or comparatively distant past
    long since; lang syne.
    • We met once long ago
    • they long ago forsook their nomadic life
    • left for work long ago
    • he has long since given up mountain climbing
    • This name has long since been forgotten
    • lang syne" is Scottish
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long-ago

  • adjective satellite belonging to time long gone
    • those long-ago dresses that swished along the floor
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since a long time ago

  • adverb since long ago
    from way back.
    • she knows him from way back
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