(just) in the nick of time

at the last possible moment.

A man walking his dog saw her fall into the river and pulled her out just in the nick of time.

• in over head
• in over your head
• in own right
• in perpetuity
• in person
• in place
• in pocket
• in point of fact
• in practice
• in prime
• in principle
• in print
• in progress
• in question
• inquire into
• inquire into something
• in reality
• in reduced circumstances
• in reference to
• in reference to something
• in relation to
• in relation to something
• in reserve
• in retrospect
• in return