the time has come

idiom

: it is the right moment to do something or for something to happen

We feel that the time has come for a decision to be made.

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So, the time has come for Healey to hoist the Celtics flag up the State House flagpole, hold a Duck boat parade and then welcome the Celtics to the governor’s office before Boston Mayor Michelle Wu beats her to the punch. —

Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 21 Dec. 2024 As the Warriors have lost six of their past seven games, Kerr has decided that the time has come for more drastic experimentation. —

Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 8 Dec. 2024 Some promising developments suggest the time has come to embrace this shift, as both government and private sector efforts begin to align toward greater accountability and transparency in care delivery. —

Rita Numerof, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024 But the culture has shifted, and the pendulum has swung, and the time has come once again to make fun of jocks. —

Katie Rife, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for the time has come

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