In The Nick Of Time

Definition: In The Nick Of Time

In The Nick Of Time

Adverb

1. At the last possible moment; "she was saved in the nick of time".

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Synonym: In The Nick Of Time

Occasion

Adverb: opportunely; Adjective: in proper course, in due course, in proper season, in due season, in proper time, in due time; for the nonce; in the nick of time, in the fullness of time; all in good time; just in time, at the eleventh hour, now or never.

Punctuality

Verb: be prompt, be on time, be in time; arrive on time; be in the nick of time.

Phrase: touch and go, not a minute too soon, in the nick of time, just under the wire, get on board before the train leaves the station.

Crosswords: In The Nick Of Time

In the nick of time would do nicely. (A Bridge Too Far; writing credit: Cornelius Ryan; William Goldman)

I'm gonna flee from the scene of the crime in the nick of time. (Bandits; writing credit: Harley Peyton)

Appears we got here just in the nick of time! What does that make us? (Firefly; writing credit: John Sullivan)

I got there in the nick of time (Once Bitten Twice Shy; performing artist: Great White)

In the Nick of Time (1929)

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In the nick of time!. Credit: Library of Congress.

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German Socialism forgot, in the nick of time, that the French criticism, whose silly echo it was, presupposed the existence of modern bourgeois society, with its corresponding economic conditions of existence, and the political constitution adapted thereto, the very things whose attainment was the object of the pending struggle in Germany. (reference)

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Expression using "in the nick of time": be in the nick of time. Additional references.

Albanian

në kohë (duly, in time, prompt, seasonable, timely). (various references)

Arabic 

‏في اللحظة الحاسمة, ‏في الوقت المناسب (at rest, felicitous, in due course, opportunely, pat). (various references)

Czech

v nejvyšší èas, jako na zavolanou, jak na zavolanou. (various references)

Finnish

kreivin aikaan. (various references)

French

juste � temps, dans le moment décisif. (various references)

German

im letzten Augenblick (at the last moment). (various references)

Greek 

φτάνω στο τσακ (arrive in the nick of time). (various references)

Hebrew 

בר�'ע �"מכריע. (various references)

Hungarian

éppen jókor (just in time, none too soon), kellő pillanatban (pat), éppen időben. (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

危機一髪 (be a close call, be touch and go, by a hair's breath, critical moment). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ききいっぱつ (be a close call, be touch and go, by a hair's breath, critical moment). (various references)

Manx

ec yn am, ayns caa. (various references)

Pig Latin

inay ethay icknay ofay imetay

Russian 

как раз вовремя. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

u pravi čas (forehanded, nick: in the nick of time). (various references)

Spanish

justo a tiempo (just in time, under the wire). (various references)

Swedish

i grevens tid. (various references)

Turkish

ucu ucuna (by a shave, fine, narrowly, nip and tuck, scarcely), tam zamanında (apropos, bang on time, in good time, Pat, right on time, seasonably), son anda (at the eleventh hour, at the last moment). (various references)

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