under the wire

Language: en

Meaning: (horse racing)Across thefinish line.1921,B. M. Bower, chapter 15, inCow-Country:Lying forward flattened along Sunfish's hard-muscled shoulders, Bud was gaining and gaining—one length, then two lengths as he shotunder the wire, slowed and rode back to find a silent crowd watching him.; (idiomatic)At thelastminute; before thedeadline; barelyon time; nearlylate.1935July 15, “Zags Jammed”, inTime: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 inunder the wire, every Moscow mate who has recently thought of divorce was last week jamming the official bureaus.

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