under the wire
Prepositional phrase
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Prepositional phrase
- (horse racing) Across the finish line.
- (idiomatic) At the last minute; before the deadline; barely on time; nearly late.
- in the nick of time; see also Thesaurus:just in time
- Russian: в последний момент
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