too soon
idiom
: before the time that is proper, preferred, or specified
I spoke too soon.
It's too soon to tell what will happen.
The show was over all too soon.
—often used in negative context to say at an appropriate or opportune timeThe plumber arrived, and not a moment too soon.
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Once chewed up by the machine of expectation and found guilty of the eternal athletic sin of having too much talent too soon, Liu has since learned how to spit back rather than be spit out.
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Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 20 Feb. 2026
Major League Baseball spring training has arrived, and not a minute too soon.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 20 Feb. 2026
Work on your plans, but keep them private for the time, as someone could spill beans too soon.
—Magi Helena, Dallas Morning News, 19 Feb. 2026
But everyone here, somehow, has to grow up, in one case too soon and in the other quite late.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 18 Feb. 2026
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“Too soon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/too%20soon. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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