won't be long
Stay right there
Won't be long signals that something will happen soon or that a wait will be brief.
It's a reassurance about timing: Dinner won't be long, I won't be long—just grabbing coffee.
The phrase can also predict imminent events: It won't be long before they figure it out.
- soonIn brief time
- shortlyIn little time
- almostShort of completely
- nearlyAlmost but incomplete
- almost thereVery close to completion
any minute · in a jiffy · patience · waiting · imminent · approaching · around the corner · just around the bend · on its way · hang on · just a moment · be right back · coming · arriving · quick · brief · fleeting · hold tight
- patience phraseswait, hold on, just a minute, one moment, one second
won't be longlong haul
Prolonged difficult undertaking
protracted · drawn-out · interminable · no end in sight · marathon
won't be longindefinitely
Without defined conclusion
don't hold your breath · whenever · when pigs fly · eventually · sometime
won't, long, would, been, being, longer, longest, length, lengthen