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 time

The plumber arrived, and not a moment too soon.

Examples of too soon in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Here’s the 28 series list: 28 Days Later – 87% critic score, 85% audience score 28 Weeks Later – 72% critic score, 66% audience score 28 Years Later – 94% critic score, N/A audience score (too soon). —Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 19 June 2025

Depicted by some as on the rebound, others thought his focus was maybe on Al Hilal too soon, his head turned by the chance to more than double his wages. —James Horncastle, New York Times, 19 June 2025

These gonadotrophin-releasing hormone drugs were first used to delay puberty for people with what’s known as precocious puberty, when a child’s body changes into that of an adult too soon. —Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 18 June 2025

Dumping syndrome is a collection of symptoms that happens when food is dumped too soon from the stomach to the small intestines. —Janelle McSwiggin, Health, 14 June 2025

Rhymes for too soon

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