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Phrase(s): as we speak [and] even as we speak
Cliché just now; at this very moment. • "I’m sorry, sir," consoled the agent at the gate, "the plane is taking off as we speak." • Tom: Waiter, where is my steak? It’s taking a long time. Waiter: It is being grilled even as we speak, sir—just as you requested.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs