"while we're young" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Audio: En-au-while we're young.ogg
Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} while we're young, {{en-PP}} while we're young
  1. (idiomatic) soon, without much delay (urging someone to hurry up) Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-while_we're_young-en-prep_phrase-RgfYKKsa Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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        "soon, without much delay (urging someone to hurry up)"
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        [
          "soon",
          "soon"
        ],
        [
          "delay",
          "delay"
        ],
        [
          "hurry up",
          "hurry up"
        ]
      ],
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        "(idiomatic) soon, without much delay (urging someone to hurry up)"
      ],
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    }
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