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after while adverb phrase In a little while, later on.

1862 Bradshaw CW Letters (April 13) he fell a sleepe and his capt tried to wake him upe but he could not and after while he woke him self. 1939 Hall Coll (Cataloochee NC) After while a, an old one [=bear] run out, and she just run off. 1973 GSMNP-73 After while they just kept building and kept building.

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