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it's high time

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it's high time

Rur. it is about the right time for something. It's high time we were leaving. It's high time you started thinking about saving for your old age.

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it's high time

if you say it's high time that something happened, you mean that it should already have been done Her parents decided it was high time she started paying some rent. (often + that ) It's high time that nurses were given better pay and conditions.

See also: high, time