Usually means: Resolved at the last moment.
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We found 13 dictionaries that define the word down to the wire:

General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. down-to-the-wire: Merriam-Webster
  2. down to the wire: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. down to the wire: Collins English Dictionary
  4. down to the wire: Wordnik
  5. down to the wire: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. down to the wire: Wiktionary
  7. down to the wire: Dictionary.com
  8. down to the wire: FreeDictionary.org
  9. Down To The Wire: A to Z list of the most popular idioms
  10. down to the wire: TheFreeDictionary.com
  11. Down to the wire: World Wide Words

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. down-to-the-wire, down to the wire: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Down To The Wire: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (down to the wire)

adjective:  (idiomatic) At the very end of a process or project, especially one with a fast-approaching deadline.
adverb:  (idiomatic) At the very end of a process or project, especially one with a fast-approaching deadline.

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