on such short notice

idiom

: without knowing very far ahead of time that something is going to happen

Thank you for meeting with me on such short notice.

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Trump’s White House denied the report and said the cemetery visit had been canceled because the rain grounded his helicopter and there wasn’t enough time to close off roads for a motorcade on such short notice. —

Michael Collins, USA TODAY, 9 June 2024 But neither the ruling party nor the opposition has a viable candidate to fill the presidency on such short notice. —

Katharine H.s. Moon, Foreign Affairs, 9 Nov. 2016 The only one available on such short notice was thousands of dollars more than my original rental, so Airbnb increased the amount of the coupon to cover the extra cost. —

Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY, 26 Apr. 2024 Few other contemporaries could summon such a crowd on such short notice. —

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