# any time now

idiom

Source: https://englishreference.com/idiom/any-time-now
Updated: 2026-08-10

## Meaning

Very soon.

## Examples

- The bus should arrive any time now.
- We are waiting for the final results, so the manager should call us any time now.
- As the storm clouds gathered and the wind began to howl, the villagers expected the heavy rains to begin any time now.

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