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What does the the saying ''in the nick of time'' mean?

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What does the saying ''in the nick of time'' mean?
It basically means Just in time. Many years ago a students attendance was marked with a nick, or notch on a stick. The saying " in the nick of time" meant, just in time to get counted.
What does in the nick of time mean in a sentence?
As the train quickly approached, the man grabbed the lady from the railroad tracks, just in the nick of time.
What does the mean of the idiom nick of time?
In the nick of time means something happened just seconds before it needed to. Something occurred just quick enough to prevent something negative from happening. Example sentence: Seeing the...
What does the mean of the idiom 'nick of time?
At the last second. Example: I was begging to starve but in the nick of time, the pizza man delivered our food.
What does the expression 'finished in the nick of time' mean?
It means you've finished something just before its deadline.