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What is by now?
The Nazi Organization of Women.
NOW's official slogan is "HEIL CLITLER!!!"
by now - video
By now - what is it?
To do something as soon as possible, not literally now.
Mom: Can you please clean the dishes?
Brenda: I'll do it now now!
Mom: No, do it now!
What does "by now" mean?
A greeting commonly used in the North-East of England.
"Now then, mate, how's life?"
By now - what does it mean?
a South African term we use that generally means 'soon', but can funnily enough also mean 'never', or actually just any period of time.
scenario 1:
dad: "come downstairs, theres a rugby match between the Springboks and the Sharks on!"
me: "I will be there now now!"
scenario 2:
jack: "Jill hurry up! when will you be ready?"
Jill: "I'll be ready now now!"
By now - meaning
now-now means you intend to do something immediatly, whereas now tends to mean you will do it soon.
"I'll do that now"
"Now-now?"
"Yes, now-now"
By now - definition
A phrase commonly used mainly in Yorkshire!
The highest greeting of welcome you can receive in "God's Own Country"
Now Then Dave!
By now - slang
this means now, but just not now.
kim: when will you take out the trash George??
george:ill do it now-now baby.continues on Play Station
By now
A term widely used in South African conversations relating to the period of time which will elapse before the given task, time or oppotunity will present itself.
"I'm going to do it in a few moments."
"Its going to happen a little later."
As the term is not defined by a specific amount of time,it can be used in a broad context.
"Let's take a look at it now now."
"I'll see to that now now."
"When ?" "Now now !"
By now
Commonly used in South Africa when you're ARE going to do something, just not anytime soon.
"Have you started studying?"
"No, I will now now" *basically doesn't study until five minutes before the test*
By now
Up until this given point in time
By now the unexpted was expected.