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short notice, on

Also, at short notice. With little advance warning or time to prepare, as in They told us to be ready to move out on short notice. The noun notice here is used in the sense of “information” or “intelligence.” [Late 1700s]

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Words nearby short notice, on

short line, short list, short loin, short metre, short money, short notice, on, short odds, short of, short order, short palmar muscle, short radial extensor muscle of wrist
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