Usually means: Long overdue; finally happening now.
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  1. about time: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. about time, about time (too): Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  3. about time: Wiktionary
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  1. about time: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (about time)

adverb:  (idiomatic, often sarcastic) Far past the desired time.
adverb:  Close to the right time.
adverb:  Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see about, time.

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