"need yesterday" meaning in All languages combined

See need yesterday on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-need yesterday.ogg [Australia] Forms: needs yesterday [present, singular, third-person], needing yesterday [participle, present], needed yesterday [participle, past], needed yesterday [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} need yesterday (third-person singular simple present needs yesterday, present participle needing yesterday, simple past and past participle needed yesterday)
  1. (idiomatic) To need something immediately or urgently; to need something that is already late. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-need_yesterday-en-verb-w5cmDaNA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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