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单词 in the nick of time
释义

in the nick of time

Only just in time: the rescue came in the nick of time...
  • Conveniently, there were other people around, and I was rescued in the nick of time.
  • Riding bicycles, Hank's agents rescue Arthur and Hank in the nick of time.
  • The upshot is that the error was fixed, in the nick of time.

Synonyms

just in time, not a moment too soon, almost too late, at the critical moment
North American informal under the wire
archaic in the Godspeed, in the very nick
See parent entry: nick
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