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now-now

now-now adverb: right now; immediately; very soon.

Adverb

now-now (not comparable)

  1. (South Africa) Right now; immediately; very soon.

Origin of now-now

Borrowed from Afrikaans nou-nou.

Questions about now-now

What does now-now mean?
Now-now means right now; immediately; very soon.
What part of speech is now-now?
Now-now is an adverb.

Words near now-now in the dictionary

  1. now you're talking
  2. now, more than ever
  3. now, now
  4. now-a-days
  5. now-adays
  6. now-now
  7. now-nowism
  8. now-or-never
  9. Nowa Nowa
  10. Nowa Sarzyna
  11. Nowa Sól

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