JUST IN TIME

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does just in time mean? 

• JUST IN TIME (adverb)
  The adverb JUST IN TIME has 1 sense:

1. at the last possible moment

  Familiarity information: JUST IN TIME used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• JUST IN TIME (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

At the last possible moment

Synonyms:

in the nick of time; just in time

Context example:

she was saved in the nick of time

 Context examples 

I was opening a can of tongue at the moment, and I sprang to the sheet and cast it off just in time.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

She was just in time to see him turn into the Concert Room.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

White Fang sprang clear, just in time to escape the descending blow.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

You came to bid me good-bye, then: you are just in time probably.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

By G—, you are just in time!

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

"We were just in time," said the Professor thankfully.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

We were just in time; my mother just ready for us.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

He was just in time to see the lights of a small car come to a halt at the gate.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Laurie opened his mouth to ask another question, but remembering just in time that it wasn't manners to make too many inquiries into people's affairs, he shut it again, and looked uncomfortable.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

This is wonderful—Venus will be in the perfect sign for you, just in time to celebrate the holidays.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)