about time

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Idioms and Phrases

Long past the right time; also, approximately the right time. Thus, It's about time you went to bed can mean either that you should have gone to bed much earlier (often stated with emphasis on the word time ), or that now is the appropriate time for you to retire. [Early 1900s] For a synonym, see high time .

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Currently football people only think about time in quite a limited way: how long we have to hold on to the lead, when the first substitution should be made, when to throw the kitchen sink.

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And it could have a huge impact on the game because, at the risk of getting highfalutin, it would require a new way of thinking about time.

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Price hit five 180s to one for his opponent and was only just behind the teenager's average of 103.93, but Littler ended a six-game losing streak to the 2021 world champion and tapped his watch at the end as if to say 'about time'.

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The duo has two other high-angle booths in L.A., one at a cafe called About Time in Koreatown and another in the food court at the Westfield Culver City, as well as a regular, selfie-style booth at Mi Café in Koreatown.

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"About time, I get a fake Elon account contacting me almost once a week," wrote another.

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