Definition of "long ago" [long ago]

• At a time in the past, especially the distant past. (adverb)

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• "Joseph John outgrew the classes at the Zion Academy long ago and had attended public school since he was twelve."
• "She was one stern lady, a ranchwoman who had grown up in hard times, and all nonsense had long ago been washed out of her."
• "But we had long ago rummaged through all of the drawers in the dressers and desks, finding scads of dried-out ink pens, paper clips, boxes of metal “I like Ike” buttons and a box of clear condoms that we used for a water-balloon battle."