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when the dust has settled
Idioms and Phrases
Also, after or once the dust settles . When matters have calmed down, as in The merger is complete, and when the dust has settled we can start on new projects . This idiom uses dust in the sense of “turmoil” or “commotion,” a usage dating from the first half of the 1800s.Example Sentences
"A timeout is needed before we return to the three-way talks and see where we are when the dust has settled after the current situation, so no conclusions should be drawn yet," Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto told Reuters in a telephone interview.
“People are trying to get federal judges to grant injunctions to prevent their discharge all the time, and typically they don’t get anywhere. They’re told, come back when the dust has settled and we’ll put you back together again if you’re right.”
Thinking that when the dust has settled and the few facts were are allowed to know have been fully digested - we'll come to see things differently.
When the dust has settled on both those questions, developers will be left with some alternatives to Apple’s built-in payment system.
When the dust has settled, there will be time for a thorough review of what must change and how we could have done better.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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