Usually means: Eventually, after a short delay.
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  1. by-and-by: Merriam-Webster
  2. by-and-by: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. by-and-by: Vocabulary.com
  4. by-and-by: Wiktionary
  5. by-and-by: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  6. by-and-by: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. by-and-by: Dictionary.com
  8. by-and-by: Rhymezone
  9. by-and-by: MyWord.info
  10. by-and-by: FreeDictionary.org
  11. by-and-by: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. by-and-by: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from WordNet (by-and-by)

▸ noun:  an indefinite time in the future ("He'll get around to it in the sweet by-and-by")

Similar:
back when, there and then, one after the other, big-time, outby, all the sudden, all of the sudden, ad-hoc, short-handedly, okay, more...

Phrases:
In the Sweet By-and-By, more...

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Similar:
back when, there and then, one after the other, big-time, outby, all the sudden, all of the sudden, ad-hoc, short-handedly, okay, more...

Phrases:
In the Sweet By-and-By, more...



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