Collocations for "soon"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "soon" in context.
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soon
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adv
- see you soon!
- will be here soon
- [come, finish] as soon as [possible, you can]
- [panic, disorder] soon followed
- soon you will [understand, know]
- soon enough
- soon became a [hero, idol]
- it soon became [evident, apparent] that
- I soon realized (that)
- soon found out that
- cannot [happen, come] soon enough
- (I'll) be [there, back] soon!
- is coming soon
- is [expiring, ending, available] soon
- will be [expiring] soon
- will soon be over
- soon after the [accident, explosion]
- it's (way) too soon to [tell, be sure]
- too soon?
- the sooner, the better
- the sooner [he gets here, you apologize] the better
- sooner or later
- sooner rather than later
- (no) sooner said than done
'soon' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
accord
- agreement
- airborne
- almost
- along
- alternate
- anytime
- arrive
- available
- become
- beverage
- birthday
- bloom
- blow
- cinema
- consciousness
- cut
- ease
- famous
- fax
- fiancé
- fiancée
- foreshadow
- gas
- hope
- hopefully
- none
- notify
- out
- paradise
- possible
- pretty
- rather
- response
- resume
- sale
- see
- solution
- sometime
- stop
- store
- too
- turn
- vacuum