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under the wire definition


  1. mod.
    at the very last minute. : I got it in just under the wire.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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wire definition


  1. n.
    a spy smuggled into a place. : Marlon thought Lefty was a wire.
  2. tv.
    to install electronic eavesdropping equipment. : Somebody wired the mayor's office.

  3. Go to (live) wire. :
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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under the wire

Barely, scarcely, just within the limit, as in This book will be finished just under the wire. This term comes from horse racing, where the wire marks the finish line. [First half of 1900s] Also see down to the wire.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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