on short notice
Definition of on short notice
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: immediately after one has been told about something She had to leave on a business trip on (very) short notice.
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: having little length
: not tall or high : low
: not extended in time : brief
: in a curt manner
: for or during a brief time
: at a disadvantage : unawares
: the sum and substance : upshot
: a short syllable
: a short sound or signal
: short-circuit
: shortchange, cheat
: to sell (a security) short in expectation of a fall in prices
: warning or intimation of something : announcement
: the announcement of a party's intention to quit an agreement or relation at a specified time
: the condition of being warned or notified
: to give notice of
: to comment upon
: review
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