up until

idiom

: during the time or period before
Up until now, everything has gone very well.

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The game was close up until the latter half of the third quarter, but then the top team in the NFC took advantage of two Panthers turnovers and cashed them into 14 unanswered points — and a commanding lead. Melissa Melvin-Rodriguez, Charlotte Observer, 29 Dec. 2025 Right up until German submarines predictably responded by treating every ship as a military target. New Atlas, 28 Dec. 2025 Slow and with control, push the bar up until your arms are straight. Rikkilynn Shields Hannigan, Health, 28 Dec. 2025 But up until now, even the New Year’s Eve revelers have been kept dozens of storeys away from the ball. Zach Wichter, USA Today, 28 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for up until

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“Up until.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/up%20until. Accessed 31 Dec. 2025.

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