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till the cows come home

ADJECTIVE
lasting
Synonyms
STRONGEST
abiding continuing deep-rooted durable eternal everlasting indelible lifelong long-term longstanding permanent stable
STRONG
persisting
WEAK
constant continual endless forever in for the long haul incessant indissoluble inexhaustible inexpungible old perdurable perennial perpetual unceasing undying unremitting
Antonyms
STRONGEST
ending ephemeral impermanent temporary transient
WEAK
ceasing fleeting passing short-lived
ADVERB
forever
Synonyms
STRONGEST
always endlessly eternally permanently
STRONG
evermore perpetually
WEAK
durably enduringly everything considered for always for ever and ever for good for keeps for life forevermore immortally in perpetuity in perpetuum infinitely interminably lastingly now and forever on and on till Doomsday till blue in the face till death do us part till the end of time unchangingly world without end
Antonyms
WEAK
briefly never temporarily

Example Sentences

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"We can talk till the cows come home, but actually we want to see change happen, and we're just not seeing that happen."

From BBC • Jun. 26, 2025

“We can do genealogy research till the cows come home, but without DNA, we would never know that information,” Comer says.

From Science Magazine • Feb. 17, 2024

We can yank out our lawns, drive electric cars and compost till the cows come home, but how are we going to keep mountains of palm fronds from filling our dumps?

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 28, 2018

If me and Opie talked till the cows come home, it ain’t getting my seat back.

From Newsweek • Apr. 9, 2015

I can comfort her till the cows come home.

From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak