The person in question is hypnotized. Two other people are talking about that person. One of them wants that man out of his apartment and he says to his friend:
"Get him out as long as the trance is lasting?"
Does the phrase "as long as" is the synonym for the word while here? Could they be used interchangeably? (I've heard somewhere that it can)
TFD def for "as long as"
- During the time that: I'll stay as long as you need me.