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it's high time
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used to say that something should have happened already and must happen now
Followed by a past-tense verb that refers to now ('It's high time you went to bed'), or by 'for someone to do'.
In context
It's high time we replaced this old laptop; it takes ten minutes to start.
It's high time the city built more parks for children.
More idioms about time
- a blast from the pastsomething or someone that suddenly reminds you of an earlier time
- a long time comingif something is a long time coming, people have waited a long time for it
- a matter of timecertain to happen, although you do not know exactly when
- a race against timea situation where you must hurry to finish before time runs out
- a sign of the timessomething that shows how society is now, often in a bad way