Definition of "over the transom" in English

Prepositional phrase

1. Of a work submitted for publication, unsolicited.

   • All the over-the-transom articles are handled by our interns.
   • Only one piece that came in over the transom appears in this issue.

2. Meeting a deadline by delivery after the day of the deadline but before opening of business the following business day.

   • They worked into the night and sent an associate to make an over-the-transom filing.