almost too late
at the last possible second
at a pivotal or important moment
last-minute
recent
just in time
eleventh-hour
not a moment too soon
after everything or everyone else
last-ditch
at the critical moment
He arrived at the wedding in the nick of time.
The ambulance arrived in the nick of time. If they had been 5 minutes later he would have died.
His speech was delivered in the nick of time. I was beginning to think that the people were going to start fighting.
You cannot keep arriving in the nick of time. Make sure to check your watch tomorrow so that you can be early enough to help.
You have to add the baking soda in the nick of time, otherwise it won’t work.
There is no origin for this idiom
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definition
Common phrase that has a specific meaning.