Daily life
before you know it
very soon without noticing
If something happens before you know it, it happens very soon, before you have time to notice how much time has passed.
Hear it in real life
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Careful, it'll be morning before you know it.
Keep practising and before you know it, you'll be speaking more confidently.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: Before you will know it, it'll be midnight.
Say: Before you know it, it'll be midnight.
After “before,” use the present tense even when you are talking about the future.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
before you know it, ...; ... before you know it
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Keep practising and before you know it, you'll be speaking more confidently.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
before you know it
very soon without noticing
“Keep practising and before you know it, you'll be speaking more confidently.”
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