'll

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Verb

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'll (clitic) (chiefly informal)

  1. Will, shall (marking the future tense or other modal sense).
    A little dab’ll do ya!
    advertising slogan for Brylcreem
    • 1949, credited to Richard Willard Armour, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
      Shake, shake the ketchup bottle / First none'll come, and then a lot'll.
    • 2017, BioWare, Mass Effect: Andromeda (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Dinner Tonight: Fine Grunnien Roast, Fresh Vegetables:
      The roast’ll be in the galley oven most of the day. Don't open the door to check on it. [Drack]

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