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Just in time; at the very last possible second before it is too late.
"The paramedics arrived in the nick of time to resuscitate the hiker."
"We submitted our funding application in the nick of time."
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Refers to tallies or "nicks" carved into counting sticks in 16th-century Britain, denoting the exact moment or balance due.
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