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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Not the one on the field to celebrate a win, but the quieter one to punctuate a season — sharing hugs, backslaps and whispered words of encouragement for the winter to come, for a winter that has come too soon.
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Tim Britton, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
Oversharing too soon can backfire.
—Bruce Helmer, Twin Cities, 27 Sep. 2025
Don't clutch your pearls too soon, because the electromagnetic radiation Tesla EVs emit is non-ionizing.
—Charles Singh, USA Today, 24 Sep. 2025
The wrong hire, or even the right hire made too soon, can quietly drain a startup’s resources.
—Anuradha Gupta, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
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Tim Britton, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
Oversharing too soon can backfire.
—Bruce Helmer, Twin Cities, 27 Sep. 2025
Don't clutch your pearls too soon, because the electromagnetic radiation Tesla EVs emit is non-ionizing.
—Charles Singh, USA Today, 24 Sep. 2025
The wrong hire, or even the right hire made too soon, can quietly drain a startup’s resources.
—Anuradha Gupta, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for too soon
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“Too soon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/too%20soon. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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