# kurz vor knapp

kurz vor knapp is a German adverb meaning “just in time”.

## Meanings

1. _colloquial_ just in time, at the last minute, at the eleventh hour (extremely shortly before a deadline, planned event or expected consequence)
   - Ich habe die Unterlagen eine halbe Stunde vor Ende der Frist eingereicht, das war wirklich kurz vor knapp. — I sent in the documents half an hour before the deadline ended, I really barely made it just in time.

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