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for the time being

adverb

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adv

  1. Temporarily; for now; until later; until the situation changes; in an indefinite period of time.

    “I think I will ignore the problem for the time being.”

    “And so, unfortunately, this great and spreading network of railways, that recently showed such promise as a major instrument in the modern development of China, must be left for the time being in the melting-pot of Armageddon.”