not until

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Definition of not until

: not before

Not until you finish your homework can you go outside.

When you finish your homework you can go outside, but not until then.

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until play

: to
used as a function word to indicate continuance (as of an action or condition) to a specified time
: before

: up to the time that : up to such time as

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