under the wire

Meaning

1. at the last possible opportunity; just in time

In the movies · 2

• We'll go around back, crawl under the high wire fence at the rear of the Radley lot.To Kill a Mockingbird1962
• - Ten years. - I can just get it in under the wire.When Harry Met Sally...1989

Learn it in full scenes

• When Harry Met Sally...1989
  • Harry and Sally Drive to New York
  • Sally Explains the Weekday Underpants
  • Men and Women Can't Be Friends