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high time
noun
the appropriate time or past the appropriate time.
It's high time he got out of bed.
high time
adverb
the latest possible time; a time that is almost too late
it's high time you mended this shelf
noun
Also called: high old time.an enjoyable and exciting time
Idioms and Phrases
Example Sentences
"It's high time Nigeria looks beyond ethnicity," he said.
Others counter that it is a widely held perception which it is high time those in high office shared.
Education minister Stephen Morgan said it was "high time exam records were brought into the 21st century" and that it would stop schools and colleges being "bogged down in bureaucracy".
"I think it's high time she is honoured and we are honoured to have this plaque."
While there have been at least three pontiffs from Africa, the last - Pope Gelasius I - died more than 1,500 years ago - many would argue it is high time for another.
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