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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An Arkansas couple happily reunited with their dog who went missing for four days and was found by a drone pilot, who performed a dramatic rescue to save the pup’s life in the nick of time.
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Tj MacIas, Kansas City Star, 18 July 2025
Barely two months old, Baby was rescued in the nick of time from Austin's city municipal shelter.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 July 2025
Charlie manages to dive out the side door in the nick of time, and Agent Luca Clark (Simon Helberg) eventually finds and saves her from the cliff's edge.
—Lauren Huff Published, EW.com, 10 July 2025
His helpful goodness, his shrewd insight, his peculiar way of helping people just in the nick of time, made the difference between success and failure; hope or despair, to many hundred people during his life time.
—John Jeremiah Sullivan, Harpers Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025
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Tj MacIas, Kansas City Star, 18 July 2025
Barely two months old, Baby was rescued in the nick of time from Austin's city municipal shelter.
—Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 July 2025
Charlie manages to dive out the side door in the nick of time, and Agent Luca Clark (Simon Helberg) eventually finds and saves her from the cliff's edge.
—Lauren Huff Published, EW.com, 10 July 2025
His helpful goodness, his shrewd insight, his peculiar way of helping people just in the nick of time, made the difference between success and failure; hope or despair, to many hundred people during his life time.
—John Jeremiah Sullivan, Harpers Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for in the nick of time
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“In the nick of time.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in%20the%20nick%20of%20time. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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