About-time Definition

adverb

Used other than as an idiom: See about, time.

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Close to the right time.
It's about time for the wedding to start, let's run to the church.
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(idiomatic) Far past the desired time.
Our food has finally arrived.
About time too, if you ask me! We've been waiting about 45 minutes for it!
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About-time Sentence Examples

  • Good. It's about time you started thinking defensively.

  • It's about time he did something with this old house.

  • It's about time you stopped acting like a child and...

  • I think it's about time to move him from his cradle to his crib.

  • He paced the Bird Song nest, glancing at his watch every thirty seconds and grumbling about time being money on his Internet auctions.

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