Meaning of under the wire | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Across the finish line.
2. At the last minute; before the deadline; barely on time; nearly late.
   idiomatic

Equivalents

Examples

“Lying forward⟳ flattened along Sunfish's hard-muscled shoulders, Bud was gaining and gaining—one length, then two lengths as he shot under the wire, slowed and rode back to find⟳ a silent crowd watching him.”

“Russians had heard rumors, and foreign correspondents had obtained confirmation, that the Dictator will soon drastically tighten⟳ up proverbially loose Bolshevik divorce laws. In a panic to get⟳ in under the wire, every Moscow mate who has recently thought of divorce was last⟳ week jamming the official bureaus.”

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