A stitch in time

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A stitch in time (saves nine).

something that you say which means it is better to deal with a problem early before it gets too bad If you don't repair the oil leak now, you might damage the whole engine. It's a case of a stitch in time.

See also: stitch, time

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Miller or Cummings is there with a stitch in time and a solution for every problem. How to squeeze 60 tutus into a four-foot-high flip-top trunk: Larch ... by Philips, Cynthia / Dance Magazine Remember, too, that a stitch in time saves later grief. Keeping up on school life: how do parents get an inside track to ... by Wilson, Nancy O. / Mothering We've always known that a stitch in time saves nine. The success of the war on poverty; if it's really a Head Start, why ... by Mundy, Liza / Washington Monthly More results

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Miller or Cummings is there with a stitch in time and a solution for every problem.

How to squeeze 60 tutus into a four-foot-high flip-top trunk: Larch ... by Philips, Cynthia / Dance Magazine

Remember, too, that a stitch in time saves later grief.

Keeping up on school life: how do parents get an inside track to ... by Wilson, Nancy O. / Mothering

We've always known that a stitch in time saves nine.

The success of the war on poverty; if it's really a Head Start, why ... by Mundy, Liza / Washington Monthly

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