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high time
noun
- the appropriate time or past the appropriate time:
It's high time he got out of bed.
high time
adverb
- the latest possible time; a time that is almost too late
it's high time you mended this shelf
noun
- Also calledhigh old time an enjoyable and exciting time
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Idioms and Phrases
The appropriate time for something; also, past the appropriate time. For example, It's high time we did something about Martha's dog , or It's high time you children were in bed . The precise meaning of this term depends on the tone of voice and/or the context. For a synonym, see about time .Discover More
Example Sentences
To meet that challenge, it is high time that governments around the world agreed on a unified policy towards hostage taking.
It was simply high time for gays to be furious at the state of things.
Gerber decided it was high time to introduce pureed meals for adults.
The latest numbers indicate that it is high time that he develops both—and, crucially, shares them with the American people.
It is high time it is recognized as a religion for peace as it truly is.
We gather that in our contemporary's opinion it is high time that our Universities recognised "the writing on the wall."
The nurse was hovering about again with a suggestion that it was high time the visitor departed.
It is high time to put a stop to this excessive waste of words, and therefore we conclude our article.
If she was still stuck on that fellow Bud, and couldn't see anybody else, it was high time she was told a few things about him.
It is high time that we who are native-born realized the price that our parents paid for the freedom and liberty we have enjoyed.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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