Nick-of-time
Origin
From in the nick of time.
Full definition of nick-of-time
Adjective
nick-of-time
- Just-in-time.
- 2022-11-01, Bret Stephens, Putin Is Starting to Do What Won Him a War 7 Years Ago, 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.