it is high time that

it is high time

It is the appropriate time (that something happen); it is long overdue (that something happen). Thank you for a lovely meal, but it's high time for us to start heading home. It is high time that someone gives him the punishment he deserves! It's high time that we as citizens use the power of our vote to rid the state of these corrupt fools!

See also: high, time

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it is high time that

it is past the time when (something should have happened or been done).

See also: high, that, time

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