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drop-dead date

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drop-dead date
a time by which something must be done. Glickman said the drop-dead date is December 31 — after that, no funds will be available.
See also: date, drop-dead

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What the public wants is a clear drop-dead date for closing the dump -- not ways to make it bigger and more profitable for the company.
Projects that have an absolute drop-dead date that it is logically impossible to extend (spacecraft launch windows and repair of Y2K software bugs are two that come to mind) will temper optimism and trigger a sober, realistic appraisal.
MEPC/Dura-Bond had a drop-dead date by which the company had to have a new business system running," said Charles Barnett, president of MEPC/Dura-Bond Bearing Co.
 
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