English example sentences with "down to the wire"

The race went down to the wire.
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It was a fight down to the wire, but in the end, the tree won. The chestnut tree made famous by Anne Frank in her wartime diary was scheduled to be axed. The ruling follows a protracted battle between the city, which claimed the tree was infested with a fungus and was in imminent danger of falling, and conservationists and neighbors, who argued the tree could be saved. After an emergency court hearing Tuesday, the judge sided with the tree.
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swing voters and abstainers look set to send polls down to the wire
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He was almost done with the paper, but tomorrow's due date meant it would be down to the wire.
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He was almost done with the paper, but tomorrow's due date meant it would come down to the wire.
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