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*down-to-the-wire Fig. waiting until the very last moment; right up to the deadline. (*Typically: be ~; get ~.) It came down-to-the-wire before I turned the proposal in. We went right down-to-the-wire on that one. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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That was just the warmup for another down-to-the-wire finish. The Heights Toy Center in Little Rock, Arkansas, welcomes down-to-the-wire shoppers. In 2000 and 2004, both down-to-the-wire elections when both parties were scrapping for every electoral vote they could get, Oregon was targeted with multimillion dollar ad campaigns. |
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