(at) any minute (now)
idiom
: very soon
The bus should be here any minute now.
I'm expecting a phone call any minute.
Things could change at any minute.
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The school’s headmaster, Buckle (Jonathan Pryce), comes to the rescue, noting that a coup is due any minute.
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Damon Wise, Deadline, 16 Sep. 2024
For a week now, an announcement has been expected to come at any minute.
—Max Greenwood, Miami Herald, 15 July 2024
As graduates of Jegertroppen, Tora and her fellow operatives could be deployed at any minute.
—Elisabeth Braw, Foreign Affairs, 8 Feb. 2016
Among the emergencies that unfold every day across the city’s 502 square miles, this one was relatively small potatoes: a suspicious package, a hazmat team and an all-clear likely to be declared any minute.
—Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2024
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Damon Wise, Deadline, 16 Sep. 2024
For a week now, an announcement has been expected to come at any minute.
—Max Greenwood, Miami Herald, 15 July 2024
As graduates of Jegertroppen, Tora and her fellow operatives could be deployed at any minute.
—Elisabeth Braw, Foreign Affairs, 8 Feb. 2016
Among the emergencies that unfold every day across the city’s 502 square miles, this one was relatively small potatoes: a suspicious package, a hazmat team and an all-clear likely to be declared any minute.
—Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2024
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