Idiom
not a minute too soon
Meaning
at the last possible moment; just in time
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The bus arrived, and it was not a minute too soon.”
“The rescue team reached the stranded hikers just as the storm hit, not a minute too soon.”
“The emergency funding arrived at the struggling charity not a minute too soon, effectively preventing the imminent closure of their primary shelter.”
Examples
simple
“The bus arrived, and it was not a minute too soon.”
contextual
“The rescue team reached the stranded hikers just as the storm hit, not a minute too soon.”
complex
“The emergency funding arrived at the struggling charity not a minute too soon, effectively preventing the imminent closure of their primary shelter.”
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