In-the-nick-of-time Definition

adverb

(idiomatic) At the last possible moment; at the last minute.

He finished writing his paper and slid it under the door just in the nick of time.
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In-the-nick-of-time Sentence Examples

  • They arrived after a night march, in the nick of time.

  • My friends did all they could to excite my curiosity by hints and half-spelled sentences which they pretended to break off in the nick of time.

  • Stranded on the far side of the galaxy and seventy years' travel from home, there was no Starfleet to watch her back or come to the rescue in the nick of time.

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