"not a minute too soon" meaning in English

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Adverb

Audio: En-au-not a minute too soon.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{head|en|adverb}} not a minute too soon
  1. (idiomatic) at the last possible moment; just in time Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): Time Synonyms: about time, not a moment too soon, none too soon Translations (just in time): pas trop tôt (French), i grevens tid (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-not_a_minute_too_soon-en-adv-2Uzv59sE Disambiguation of Time: 80 20 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English negative polarity items, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 82 18 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 79 21 Disambiguation of English negative polarity items: 77 23 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 78 22 Disambiguation of 'just in time': 98 2
  2. (idiomatic, sarcastic) after an undesirable delay; undesirably late Tags: idiomatic, sarcastic
    Sense id: en-not_a_minute_too_soon-en-adv-gwBer29q

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