Usually means: Just before it's too late.
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We found 16 dictionaries that define the word in the nick of time:

General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. in the nick of time: Merriam-Webster
  2. in the nick of time: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. in the nick of time: Collins English Dictionary
  4. in the nick of time: Vocabulary.com
  5. in the nick of time: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. in the nick of time: Wiktionary
  7. in the nick of time: Dictionary.com
  8. In The Nick Of Time, In the Nick of Time (album), In the Nick of Time: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. in the nick of time: Rhymezone
  10. in the nick of time: FreeDictionary.org
  11. in the nick of time: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. in the nick of time: TheFreeDictionary.com
  13. in the nick of time: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. in the nick of time: Idioms

Definitions from Wikipedia (In the Nick of Time)

noun:  a 1991 American made-for-television Christmas fantasy-comedy film directed by George T. Miller.
noun:  the second album by Nicolette Larson.
noun:  a 1911 Australian silent film directed by Alfred Rolfe.


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