late to the party in English

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      "expansion": "late to the party (not comparable)",
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          "ref": "2012, Erika Napoletano, The Power of Unpopular:",
          "text": "Some companies that others perceived as being late to the party really cleaned house: Facebook was after MySpace […]",
          "type": "quote"
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        "Late in taking an action or adopting an idea."
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      "related": [
        {
          "word": "a day after the fair"
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        {
          "word": "late to the ball"
        },
        {
          "word": "late to the game"
        }
      ],
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        "not-comparable"
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          "code": "fi",
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          "word": "myöhässä"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
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          "word": "spóźniony"
        }
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  ],
  "word": "late to the party"
}

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        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "late to the party (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
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      "word": "a day after the fair"
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        "Entries with translation boxes",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
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          "ref": "2012, Erika Napoletano, The Power of Unpopular:",
          "text": "Some companies that others perceived as being late to the party really cleaned house: Facebook was after MySpace […]",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "Late in taking an action or adopting an idea."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "late to the ball"
        },
        {
          "word": "late to the game"
        }
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      "word": "spóźniony"
    }
  ],
  "word": "late to the party"
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"late to the party" meaning in English

Adjective