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so long

interj. Informal

Used to express goodbye.

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so long

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informal farewell; goodbye

adv

slang South African for the time being; meanwhile

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so` long′

interj.

(used to express farewell.)

[1840–50, Amer.]

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so long - a farewell remark; "they said their good-byes"

bye-bye, cheerio, good day, goodby, good-by, goodbye, good-bye, sayonara, adieu, adios, arrivederci, au revoir, auf wiedersehen, bye

farewell, word of farewell - an acknowledgment or expression of goodwill at parting

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"So long as I know what's expected of me, I can manage."

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"Now, dear Breeze," said Ripple, "fly straight upward through the air, until we reach the place we have so long been seeking; Sunbeam shall go before to light the way, Yellow-leaf shall shelter me from heat and rain, while Snow-flake shall lie here beside me till it comes of use.

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Starbuck's body and Starbuck's coerced will were Ahab's, so long as Ahab kept his magnet at Starbuck's brain; still he knew that for all this the chief mate, in his soul, abhorred his captain's quest, and could he, would joyfully disintegrate himself from it, or even frustrate it.