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until the cows come

until the cows come is the alternative form of until the cows come home.

Meaning of until the cows come home

Phrase

until the cows come home

  1. (idiomatic) For a very long period of time.
    • Near-synonym: until one is blue in the face

Questions about until the cows come

What is until the cows come the alternative form of?
Until the cows come is the alternative form of until the cows come home.

Words near until the cows come in the dictionary

  1. until next time
  2. until one is blue in the face
  3. until one's dying day
  4. until proven otherwise
  5. until such time as
  6. until the cows come
  7. until the cows come home
  8. until the cows freeze over
  9. until the last dog is hung
  10. until the pips squeak
  11. until the wheels fall off

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Adapted from Wiktionary: until the cows come (page history and authors); until the cows come home (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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