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it's high time

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it's high time
Rur. it is about the right time for something. It's high time we were leaving. It's high time you started thinking about saving for your old age.
See also: high, time

it's high time
if you say it's high time that something happened, you mean that it should already have been done Her parents decided it was high time she started paying some rent. (often + that ) It's high time that nurses were given better pay and conditions.
See also: high, time


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It's high time for you to be married," answered the countess sharply and sarcastically.
I'm sure I think it's high time we were getting acquainted, and I'm going to introduce myself.
Everyone with whom the princess had chanced to discuss the matter said the same thing: "Mercy on us, it's high time in our day to cast off all that old-fashioned business.
 
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