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- to barely make it on time
to barely make it on time
to barely make it on time
To come very close to being late for something (such as a deadline, appointment, class, etc.) but manage to arrive on time in the end. Traffic was so bad this morning that I barely made it on time to the meeting. I was finishing my essay right up until the minute before it was due. I barely made it on time!
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Phunihel | | - | Biblical Latin |
Tanit | | - | Near Eastern Mythology |
Marlin | | MAHR-lin | English |
Mikhail | | mee-khah-EEL (Russian) | Russian, Bulgarian |
Azalea | | ə-ZAY-lee-ə, ə-ZAYL-yə | English (Rare) |
Curry | | ['kə:ri] | |