until /ʌnˈtɪl/preposition 5conjunction 2phrases 3 preposition5 •up to a time or an event, and then no longerIf you can wait until after my meeting with her, we'll talk then. •Up to the time that the foods or other things available to sell, or tasks which need to be completed, run out.Bake sale on Saturday, 2pm until. •Before (a time). •Up to (a certain place)Keep walking until the second set of traffic lights, then turn left. •(no longer used) To; physically towards.He rousd himselfe full blith, and hastned them untill. — 1590 conjunction2 •Up to the time that (a condition becomes true).Not until I got his email did I fully understand his disappointment.It took us a week before/until we got the house repainted. •Before (a condition becoming true). Phrases with until until hell freezes overforever; without success, no matter how long one perseveres. until the cows come homeFor a very long period of time. until the cows freeze overFor a very long period of time.
