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!
See also: barely, make, on, time
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- any time means no time
- any time
- anytime
- (it's) (a)bout time
- about time
- at all hours
- at all hours (of the day and night)
- (it's) time to move along
- any old time
- ahead of your/its time