in the nick of time

idiom

informal

: just before the last moment when something can be changed or something bad will happen

He decided to go just in the nick of time.

The ambulance arrived in the nick of time.

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Golden arrived in the nick of time, just six days before the Chiefs play the Houston Texans in the AFC Divisional Round at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium on Saturday. —

Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 14 Jan. 2025 After previously flubbing a Taylor Swift question on Jeopardy!, contestant Drew Goins got smarter in the nick of time before appearing on the show again Monday (Jan. 6). —

Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 8 Jan. 2025 But Juliette manages to make it to the surface in the nick of time, fueled in part by the rage of betrayal. —

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