"a long time coming" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1870, Wilkie Collins, chapter 10, in Man and Wife",
          "text": "The water is a long time coming. Try another glass of wine.",
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          "ref": "1968 November 15, “World: The Moment of Truth”, in Time, retrieved 2015-04-21",
          "text": "The breakthrough in the Paris talks was a long time coming.",
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          "ref": "2007 February 22, Christopher Clarey, “Tennis: Next time, she will get equal pay”, in New York Times, retrieved 2015-04-21",
          "text": "It has been a long time coming—39 years to be exact—but women's tennis players will receive prize money equal to the men's at Wimbledon this year.",
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          "ref": "2009 September 9, Chris Johnson, “Liverpool fan Michael Shields free with royal pardon”, in Click Liverpool, UK, retrieved 2015-04-21",
          "text": "\"It's been such a long time coming but finally justice has been done, and an innocent man can be allowed to get on with the rest of his life.\"",
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        "In process, delayed, awaited, or deserved for a considerable duration of time; overdue."
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        "(set phrase) In process, delayed, awaited, or deserved for a considerable duration of time; overdue."
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          "word": "long in coming"
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        {
          "word": "in the works"
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        {
          "word": "slowly but surely"
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          "word": "a long time in coming"
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      "word": "long in coming"
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      "word": "in the works"
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          "ref": "1870, Wilkie Collins, chapter 10, in Man and Wife",
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          "text": "The breakthrough in the Paris talks was a long time coming.",
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        "(set phrase) In process, delayed, awaited, or deserved for a considerable duration of time; overdue."
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