question of time

question of time (uncountable)

1. Synonym of matter of time.
   • 1949, F. A. Hayek, “The Intellectuals and Socialism”, in University of Chicago Law Review, volume 16, number 3, Chicago: University of Chicago, →DOI, page 417:

     Experience suggests that once this phase has been reached it is merely a question of time until the views now held by the intellectuals become the governing force of politics.