Definition

Examples

• "It is Delavigne's biggest seller Down Under (in Australia), and had been among the most popular fragrances for men aged 25-40 until recently."
• "I'm not here right now because I'm on vacation, yippee, until - until August 15th."
• "I like to send people a stream - or should I say glacier - of passive-aggressive emails until the person becomes numb and confused and eventually falls into a frozen lake."
• "I'm busy until Friday at 3.15PM, so perhaps you would like to "drop by" at 3.20PM."
• "-Sir, why did you wait until the last minute to pay your taxes?"
• "They won't be back until sundown, which leaves us to do as we please."
• "I kill it until it is dead!"
• "Would that we could practice irregular verbs over a candlelit dinner, with Larry White's baritone voice urging us onward until our evening comes to a climax, conjugating verbs in multiple tenses all night long!"
• "This is why I'm temporarily reassigning you to work as his lab assistant until the audit is over."
• "Bruno : Half past 11 till 1 in the morning."
• "Narrator : Bruno eventually perfected his skills of interpretation until he was ready to take on the ultimate challenge: the dolphin."
• "Jean : Well, first the goose is put in a cage, and then it is force-fed until its bladder explodes."
• "Horatio has very generously given us permission to use his laboratory until we find a more permanent location."
• "Dave : Okay, let me get this straight: take the lift down to the ground floor, cross the hall until I reach a big door..."
• "Until then, let's get back to the spirit of the season: getting drunk as skunks, stuffing our faces with food, and of course, putting up with our family!"
• "Susie : I'm actually just CEO until Bruno comes back, but thank you."
• "Until someone does, have a happy day."
• "I will be flying on Lucky Duck Air (flight number: LUK 7453), and arriving in Hong Kong Wednesday evening at 9.45pm. My reservations, at the Shangri-La Hotel, are from Wednesday until the following Tuesday."