Idiom
get late
Meaning
To approach nighttime.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“We should leave soon because it is getting late.”
“The party was fun, but we decided to head home once it started getting late.”
“As the shadows lengthened and it began getting late, the travelers realized they would not reach the village before nightfall.”
Examples
simple
“We should leave soon because it is getting late.”
contextual
“The party was fun, but we decided to head home once it started getting late.”
complex
“As the shadows lengthened and it began getting late, the travelers realized they would not reach the village before nightfall.”
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