as of late
Lately; recently.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
“I have been very busy as of late.”
“She has felt quite tired as of late because she is working two jobs.”
“The weather has been remarkably unpredictable as of late, causing many local farmers to worry about their upcoming harvest.”
The phrase emerged as a relatively recent and uncommon blend of the prepositional as of and the adverbial of late. It follows the structural pattern of the related idiom as of yet.
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a day late and a dollar short
Too late and too feeble to achieve the desired effect.
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fashionably late
Arriving behind time to an event which does not normally require one to be punctual.
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get late
To approach nighttime.
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late model
Recently designed or fabricated; new.
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late to the party
Late in taking an action or adopting an idea.
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run late
To be late; to fail to be on time.
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too late
Used to indicate that something is ineffective or useless because it happens after the best time for it.
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too little, too late
Used as a predicate or a pro-sentence to indicate insufficiency.
Last updated August 10, 2026