any minute now

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any minute now

adverb

  1. not comparable Very soon. He's on the way, and tells me he'll be here any minute now.

    Similar: in a minute, any moment now

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adv very soon

Españolde un momento a otro
Portuguêsa qualquer hora
Françaisd'un moment à l'autre, d'une minute à l'autre
Italianopresto, da un momento all'altro
Ελληνικάόπου να ’ναι ópou na ’nai, από λεπτό σε λεπτό apó leptó se leptó
Русскийс мину́ты на мину́ту s minúty na minútu, вот-вот vot-vot

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@misc{any_minute_now_2026,
  title = {any minute now},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/any%20minute%20now},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}