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1saves nine — saves nine) A timely repair or corrective measure (avoids the need for more extensive repairs or measures) ● stitch …
2a stitch in time saves nine — proverb if you sort out a problem immediately it may save a lot of extra work later * * * a stitch in time (saves nine) ◇ The phrase a stitch in time (saves nine) means that it is better to fix a problem when it is small than to wait and let it… …
3a stitch in time saves nine — The proverb was originally a couplet. The number nine was apparently introduced fancifully for the sake of assonance. 1732 T. FULLER Gnomologia no. 6291 A Stitch in Time May save nine. 1797 F. BAILY Journal 30 Apr. (1856) 268 After a little while …
4stitch in time saves nine — A stitch in time saves nine means that if a job needs doing it is better to do it now, because it will only get worse, like a hole in clothes that requires stitching …
5(a) stitch in time (saves nine) — a stitch in time (saves nine) spoken phrase used for saying that it is better to solve a problem now, rather than leave it until later when it may be more difficult to deal with Thesaurus: to try to deal with a problem or difficultysynonym… …
6stitch in time saves nine — A stitch in time saves nine means that if a job needs doing it is better to do it now, because it will only get worse, like a hole in clothes that requires stitching. (Dorking School Dictionary) …
7a stitch in time saves nine — a small repair may prevent a large repair I believe in maintenance. A stitch in time saves nine …
8(a) stitch in time saves nine. — A stitch in time (saves nine). something that you say which means it is better to deal with a problem early before it gets too bad. If you don t repair the oil leak now, you might damage the whole engine. It s a case of a stitch in time …
9Stitch in time saves nine — A stitch in time saves nine means that if a job needs doing it is better to do it now, because it will only get worse, like a hole in clothes that requires stitching …
10a stitch in time saves nine — ► a stitch in time saves nine proverb if you sort out a problem immediately it may save a lot of extra work later. Main Entry: ↑stitch …
