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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Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2025
How soon is too soon to start celebrating Christmas?
—Endia Fontanez, AZCentral.com, 3 Nov. 2025
The son of a legend two fighters, one legacy, both gone too soon.
—Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
Those same concerns over asking too much too soon, of body and of mind, took on a new dimension.
—Laia Cervelló Herrero, New York Times, 26 Oct. 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 9 Nov. 2025.
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