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[ adjective ] close in time; about to occur

Examples

"retribution is at hand" "some people believe the day of judgment is close at hand" "in imminent danger" "his impending retirement"

Used in print

(Marvin Schiller, "The Sheep's in the Meadow,"...)

Among my school and neighborhood friends , during the next months , I bragged and swaggered and pompously described my impending date .

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