too soon
idiom
: before the time that is proper, preferred, or specified
I spoke too soon.
It's too soon to tell what will happen.
The show was over all too soon.
—often used in negative context to say at an appropriate or opportune timeThe plumber arrived, and not a moment too soon.
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Both corners had criticized the referee, Tony Perez—Frazier’s side for not stopping the clinching, and Ali’s for a key moment in which Perez had accidentally ended a round too soon, after Ali had stunned Frazier with a right hand and might have been able to go for a knockout.
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Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2025
Who knows what the team has planned, but that seems like as good a time as any to take a second to remember a big fan who left us too soon.
—Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Toys list did not come a moment too soon this month.
—Sabrina Rojas Weiss, Parents, 12 Sep. 2025
Community members Although these young people were taken away from their communities too soon, their short time on Earth left a mark.
—Sophia Tiedge, jsonline.com, 11 Sep. 2025
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Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 16 Sep. 2025
Who knows what the team has planned, but that seems like as good a time as any to take a second to remember a big fan who left us too soon.
—Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Toys list did not come a moment too soon this month.
—Sabrina Rojas Weiss, Parents, 12 Sep. 2025
Community members Although these young people were taken away from their communities too soon, their short time on Earth left a mark.
—Sophia Tiedge, jsonline.com, 11 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for too soon
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“Too soon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/too%20soon. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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