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In a timely fashion

Posted by Marsha Whelan on January 05, 2009 at 08:21

Hello! Can someone please tell me the origin of the phrase "in a timely fashion"? A person from the U.S. has stated in the forum of another site (not language-related) that it's an "American phrase".