make it in the nick of time
make it in the nick of time
To arrive at a particular destination or event at the last possible moment before one would have been too late. Thankfully, the police made it in the nick of time and stopped the two men from swinging broken bottles at each other. I was worried I was going to miss the mailman, but I made it in the nick of time.
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