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it's high time

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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. It's high time that nurses were given better pay and conditions. (often + that)
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It's high time for you to be married," answered the countess sharply and sarcastically.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
I'm sure I think it's high time we were getting acquainted, and I'm going to introduce myself.
Pollyanna by Porter, Eleanor H. View in context
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.
Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
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