no sooner than

idiom

used to say that something happens immediately after something else
No sooner had I spoken than he appeared.

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“No sooner than.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/no%20sooner%20than. Accessed 4 Nov. 2024.

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