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better late than never

adverb
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  1. 1
    adverb
    Doing something later than you wanted is still better than not doing it at all.

    He finally said sorry after two weeks, but better late than never.

    We mailed the gift a month after her birthday, though better late than never.

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Origin

This phrase may be a translation of a Latin saying, "potius sero quam numquam," from the Roman historian Livy's "History of Rome," written around 27 BC.