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Discover LudwigThe phrase "It's getting late" is grammatically correct and commonly used in both spoken and written English
It can be used in a variety of contexts, but it is typically used to indicate that time is passing and it is becoming late in the day or evening. Example: "I should probably start heading home, it's getting late." In this example, the speaker is indicating that they need to leave because time is passing and it is becoming late in the day.
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It's getting late — the bell's about to ring.
It's getting late, and Barker's increasingly hoarse voice can't handle much more talking.
It's getting late in the Istanbul of Orhan Pamuk's new novel (his first since winning the 2006 Nobel prize), late in almost every sense of the word.
It's getting late.
It's getting late for Rodgers now.
"It's getting late, though, right?" This he knew.
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Reading to him, Mrs. Ramsay notices that "it was getting late.
It was getting late, and the Halekulani Hotel's house band, the Islanders, would be starting soon.
It was getting late, and one of Rodchenkov's guards announced, "We got to wrap up".
She's yet to articulate or crystallize it, and it's gotten late in the game".
But the BBC's Jim Muir in neighbouring Lebanon says it is getting late in the day there and they may now have to wait until Saturday.
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