over the transom
Prepositional phrase
  1. (idiomatic, of a work submitted for publication) Unsolicited.
    All the over-the-transom articles are handled by our interns.
    Only one piece that came in over the transom appears in this issue.
  2. (idiomatic, legal, government) Meeting a deadline by delivery after the day of the deadline but before opening of business the following business day.
    They worked into the night and sent an associate to make an over-the-transom filing.



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