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Noun: by-and-by  'bI-un'bI
  1. An indefinite time in the future
    "he'll get around to it in the sweet by-and-by"
Adverb: by and by
  1. At some eventual time in the future
    "By and by he'll understand";
    - later

Type of: future, futurity, hereafter, time to come

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by rights
by small degrees
by the book
by the bye
by the day
by the piece
by the skin of your teeth
by the way
by trial and error
by word of mouth
by-and-by
by-bid
Byblos
by-blow
bycatch
by-catch
Bydgoszcz
bye
bye-bye
bye-election
Byelarus