take long
idiom
: to require a large amount of time
It won't take long to make dinner.
This is taking longer than I thought (it would).
Hurry up. You're taking too long.
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Maybe not, but ideally for the Packers, that wouldn’t take long.
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Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
The Last of Us debuted in 2013 and didn’t take long to become one of the most popular video games of the 21st century.
—Barry Levitt, Time, 11 Apr. 2025
When Matt meets Griffin, the boss doesn’t take long to get to the news.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 26 Mar. 2025
Their attacks on various shipping vessels throughout the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden—targeting American and allied ships—have driven up freight and insurance costs and forced some vessels to take long detours.
—Mark Davis, Newsweek, 15 Mar. 2025
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Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
The Last of Us debuted in 2013 and didn’t take long to become one of the most popular video games of the 21st century.
—Barry Levitt, Time, 11 Apr. 2025
When Matt meets Griffin, the boss doesn’t take long to get to the news.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 26 Mar. 2025
Their attacks on various shipping vessels throughout the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden—targeting American and allied ships—have driven up freight and insurance costs and forced some vessels to take long detours.
—Mark Davis, Newsweek, 15 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for take long
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“Take long.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/take%20long. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.
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