within minutes

idiom

: within a very short amount of time
We called an ambulance and it arrived within minutes.

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within minutes

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“Within minutes.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/within%20minutes. Accessed 31 Jan. 2023.

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