"nick-of-time" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "From in the nick of time.",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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        {
          "ref": "2022 November 1, Bret Stephens, “Putin Is Starting to Do What Won Him a War 7 Years Ago”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:",
          "text": "So far, we’ve had a policy of nick-of-time delivery of critical weaponry, such as the Javelin and Stinger missiles that saved Kyiv at the beginning of the war and HIMARS, the rocket systems that turned the tide of war over the summer.",
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      "glosses": [
        "Just-in-time."
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        {
          "word": "just in time"
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        {
          "word": "nick of time"
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  "word": "nick-of-time"
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{
  "etymology_text": "From in the nick of time.",
  "head_templates": [
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      "expansion": "nick-of-time (not comparable)",
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  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English uncomparable adjectives",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2022 November 1, Bret Stephens, “Putin Is Starting to Do What Won Him a War 7 Years Ago”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:",
          "text": "So far, we’ve had a policy of nick-of-time delivery of critical weaponry, such as the Javelin and Stinger missiles that saved Kyiv at the beginning of the war and HIMARS, the rocket systems that turned the tide of war over the summer.",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Just-in-time."
      ],
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      "synonyms": [
        {
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  "synonyms": [
    {
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