"now or never" meaning in English

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Adverb

Audio: En-au-now or never.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} now or never (not comparable)
  1. (idiomatic, set phrase) At this sole opportunity, or not at all. Tags: idiomatic, not-comparable Related terms: once-in-a-lifetime Translations (now or never): nu eller aldrig (Danish), maintenant ou jamais (French), jetzt oder nie (German), עכשיו או לעולם (akhshav o l'olam) (Hebrew), most vagy soha (Hungarian), nå eller aldri (Norwegian Bokmål), no eller aldri (Norwegian Nynorsk), agora ou nunca (Portuguese), сейча́с и́ли никогда́ (sejčás íli nikogdá) (Russian), ahora o nunca (Spanish), nu eller aldrig (Swedish)

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