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(It's) about time

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10 March 2026

(It's) about time

We use this expression to say we feel something should have happened much earlier.

Written: Yes

Spoken: Yes

Formal: No

Informal: Yes

Example 1

Here's the letter you asked me to write.

It's about time! I asked you for that ages ago!

Sorry.

Example 2

They've finished the new supermarket in the city centre.

About time! They were working on it for years!

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