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Meanings of take forever in English

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Usage of take forever in English
1
If we leave it to your father, it's going to take forever.
Another life altogether: a novel
2
The foldspace passage did not take long, but seemed to take forever.
Navigators of Dune
3
It seemed to take forever to reach the end of the corridor.
The missing
4
He's wearing them down anyway, but it's still going to take forever.
Lightning
5
It seemed to take forever to get upstairs and to his room.
The darkest touch
6
The drive down from the construction site had seemed to take forever.
A vote of confidence
7
Wring them out in the basin or they'll take forever to dry.
The Wise Man’s Fear
8
Even then, it seemed to take forever for a spark to catch.
A clash of kings
9
It's going to take forever to get everything looking nice again.
Paths not taken
10
The shuttle seems to take forever to fall from the clear blue sky.
Children of Time
11
Too many cooks take forever to agree on how to make the broth.
Packing for mars: the curious science of life in the void
12
It would take forever to replace all that has been taken from me.
Anthropology of an american girl: a novel
13
With the Newton's 2400 baud modem rate, the updates seem to take forever.
Wired
14
Wherever we were headed, it was going to take forever to get there.
Changes
15
She started running then, but every step seemed to take forever.
Creature
16
Unlike the car he had watched earlier, this one seemed to take forever.
Wet desert: tracking down a terrorist on the colorado river
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Take forever through the time
Take forever across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Rare