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nick-of-time

nick-of-time adjective: just-in-time.

Adjective

nick-of-time (not comparable)

  1. Just-in-time.
    • So far, we’ve had a policy of nick-of-time delivery of critical weaponry, such as the Javelin and Stinger missiles that saved Kyiv at the beginning of the war and HIMARS, the rocket systems that turned the tide of war over the summer.2022 November 1, Bret Stephens, “Putin Is Starting to Do What Won Him a War 7 Years Ago”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

Forms of nick-of-time

alternative formnick of time

Origin of nick-of-time

From in the nick of time.

Questions about nick-of-time

What does nick-of-time mean?
Nick-of-time means just-in-time.
What part of speech is nick-of-time?
Nick-of-time is an adjective.

Words near nick-of-time in the dictionary

  1. nick-bent
  2. nick-nack
  3. nick-nacks
  4. nick-name
  5. nick-names
  6. nick-of-time
  7. nick-time
  8. nicka
  9. nickable
  10. Nickalls
  11. Nickanan Night

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