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Definition 2024

in_the_nick_of_time

in the nick of time

English

Prepositional phrase

in the nick of time

(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.

Translations

at the last possible moment

Dutch: op het nippertje
Finnish: viime hetkessä
French: juste à temps
Greek: στο παρά πέντε (el) ‎(sto pará pénte)
Icelandic: á síðustu stundu, nógu snemma, í tæka tíð
Portuguese: no (pt) último (pt) instante (pt)

Russian: в после́дний моме́нт ‎(v poslédnij momént)
Serbo-Croatian: u zadnji čas, u posljednji trenutak
Spanish: en el último momento
Swedish: i sista stund (sv), i elfte timmen (sv), i sista ögonblicket (sv), i grevens tid (sv)
Turkish: son anda, (idiomatic) yumurta kapıya dayanınca

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