N
Idioms beginning with "N"
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Contents of N:
[now]
See:
[EVERY NOW AND THEN] or [EVERY NOW AND AGAIN],
[HERE AND NOW], [JUST NOW].
[now --- now] {coord. adv.}
Sometimes... sometimes; by turns; at one time... then at another. — Often used with adjectives that are very different or opposite, especially to show change.
The weather changed every day; it was now hot, now cool.
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[now and then] or [now and again] {adv. phr.}
Not often; not regularly; occasionally; sometimes.
Now and then he goes to a ball game.
The maid broke a dish now and then.
Syn.:
[AT TIMES],
[FROM TIME TO TIME],
[ONCE IN A WHILE].
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[now or never] {adv. phr.}
Exclusively at the present time.
Mike said, "Now that Paul has resigned, there is a perfect place for you. It is now or never!"
[now that] {conj.}
Since; because; now.
Now that dinner is ready, wash your hands.
You came early, but now that you're here, take off your coat.
Syn.: [INASMUCH AS].
[nth]
See: [TO THE NTH DEGREE].
[nuke] {v.}
To fix any meal in a microwave oven.
When we are in a hurry, we nuke some beef.
Leave my opinion