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be short notice
Definition
to be very near the time when an event is expected to happen
I will have to cancel this afternoon's class - I'm sorry it's such short notice.
(Definition of be short notice from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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