long since

adv

long since

adv

1

Idiomatic Long ago; in the (distant) past.

I don't know why he asked me to do that, when I had long since finished it.
The building has long since been demolished.

1 more example

Reluctantly Raj used his fingernail to prise away the bogie he had long since sneezed up there and popped it in his mouth.2012, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Ratburger, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN:

Synonyms: of old, way back
Related terms: lang syne

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