| 释义 |
down to the wire informal Used to denote a situation whose outcome is not decided until the very last minute: it was probable that the test of nerves would go down to the wire...- Many games especially those with playoff implications will go right down to the wire and be decided by a handful of points.
- It could go down to the wire, but the Swedes could just hold their nerve best either in extra-time or penalties.
- The game went down to the wire, each team trading baskets until we were tied at 80.
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