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What does "take a while" mean? and what are the other similar expressions of this?

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Rebecca

"Take a while" means "take a long time". Some similar expressions to "take a while" are "take a long time" "take some time" and "take a bit of time". Ex: I have a lot of work to do, so it is going to take a while to complete it.

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