for the time being

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   for a short period of time but not permanently

   And, for the time being, we're gonna send you home with Autobot protection.

In the movies · 20

• - Are you quite finished with us? - For the time being.Casablanca1943
• We'll just have to make do without her for the time being. Rudolph?Hello, Dolly!1969
• And, for the time being, we're gonna send you home with Autobot protection.Transformers: Dark of the Moon2011
• At least for the time being.Front of the Class2008
• For the time being.The Three Musketeers2011
• For the time being--The King and I2018
• ...perhaps we should, for the time being...Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire2005
• have ceased for the time beingGodzilla: King of the Monsters2019

Learn it in full scenes

• Casablanca1943
  • Ugarte Hands Rick the Letters
  • Ferrari Tries to Buy Rick's Café
  • Renault Warns Rick About Laszlo
• Front of the Class2008
  • Brad Asks for a Chance
  • Brad's Tics Drive His Family Crazy
  • Brad's Childhood with Tourette's

From the same entry

• about time
• against time
• ahead of time
• ahead of your time
• all the time
• at all times
• at the best of times
• at the same time
• at a time
• at my, your, his, time of life
• at times
• before my, your, his, time

More idioms

• give a break
• could just as well
• a piece of cake
• more or less
• the last minute
• to death
• would rather
• be no good
• good for you
• in other words
• too bad
• depending on