under the wire
USIf someone does something under the wire, they do it at the last possible moment:
They got in under the wire just before the entry requirements for the training program changed.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Points in time
- anytime
- as
- as and when idiom
- downstream
- during
- hour
- immediately
- in midstream idiom
- juncture
- later
- midstream
- midway
- moment
- occasion
- once
- one
- point
- time
- time slot
- wire