Collocations for "ago"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "ago" in context.
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ago
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adv
- (not) long ago
- was not so long ago that
- once, long ago
- long ago in a distant [land, country]
- there lived long ago a [princess, giant]
- as far ago as [1990, I can remember]
- [an hour, a week, a year] ago
- [weeks] ago
- [five years, three months, centuries] ago
- (just) [five, a few] minutes ago
- a [while, long time] ago
- some [time, months] ago
- (not) long ago
- was not so long ago that
- once, long ago
- long ago in a distant [land, country]
- there lived long ago a [princess, giant]
- was only [five days] ago that
- as far ago as [1990, I can remember]
- [many, several] years ago
- [died, retired] many years ago
- happened eons ago
- a long-ago [era, time]
'ago' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
apex
- billion
- century
- decade
- disappear
- dozen
- eight
- exactly
- exist
- extinct
- few
- finish
- five
- fortnight
- forty
- four
- hour
- inception
- long
- many
- moon
- nine
- occur
- one
- over
- prevalent
- quite a
- seven
- six
- suicide
- ten
- thirteen
- thirty
- three
- time
- too
- twelve
- twenty
- two
- worse
- would