be short notice
to be very near the time when an event is expected to happen:
I will have to cancel this afternoon's class - I'm sorry it's such short notice.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Short in time
- awhile
- bit
- blitz
- brevity
- brief
- ephemeral
- evanescent
- fit
- fleeting
- flutter
- minute 1
- moment
- momentarily
- momentary
- msec
- quick
- sec
- shortish
- twinkling
- wee hours
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