in the nick of time

US /ɪn ðə nɪk əv taɪm/
UK /ɪn ðə nɪk əv taɪm/
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at the last possible moment; just in time

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The rescue team arrived in the nick of time to save the stranded climbers.
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I finished my presentation in the nick of time before the meeting started.
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just in timeat the eleventh hourat the last minutebarely in timeby a hair's breadth
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in good nickin bad nicktimetimestimingtimelyon time