Meanings
adjectivenick-of-time (not comparable)
alternative nick of time
- not comparableJust-in-time.
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.
2022 November 1, Bret Stephens, “Putin Is Starting to Do What Won Him a War 7 Years Ago”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
Origin
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nick-of-time. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nick-of-time
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