by the time

English

Prepositional phrase

by the time

When (some future event has come to pass).
I'll be an old man by the time you finish!
- 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 5, in The Celebrity:
  But Miss Thorn relieved the situation by laughing aloud, […] . By the time we reached the house we were thanking our stars she had come. Mrs. Cooke came out from under the port-cochere to welcome her.

Translations

when — see when

when

French: au moment où (fr), avant que (fr)

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