in the nick of time

:  a small notch, groove, or chip

:  a small cut or wound

:  a break in one strand of two-stranded DNA caused by a missing phosphodiester bond

:  to jot down :  record

:  to make a nick in :  notch, chip

:  to cut into or wound slightly

:  the measured or measurable period during which an action, process, or condition exists or continues :  duration

:  a nonspatial continuum that is measured in terms of events which succeed one another from past through present to future

:  leisure

:  to arrange or set the time of :  schedule

:  to regulate (a watch) to keep correct time

:  to set the tempo, speed, or duration of

:  of or relating to time

:  recording time

:  timed to ignite or explode at a specific moment