Collocations for "deadline"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "deadline" in context.
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deadline
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [Friday, March, ten o'clock] deadline
- the deadline is this [Friday]
- the deadline for [entries, homework, applications, bids]
- the [publication, editorial, report, submission] deadline
- [failed to, didn't] meet the deadline
- are (not) going to make the deadline
- can make the deadline if we hurry
- missed the deadline by [three days]
- was not [aware, conscious] of the deadline
- was [handed, sent] in [after, before] the deadline
- requested an extension [of, to] the deadline
- am on a deadline
- we are on a deadline, people!
- work better with deadlines
- a deadline to [finish, complete, hand in]
- racing to [beat, meet] the deadline
- the deadline for [sending in, submitting] (applications)
- the deadline is (only, just) [two hours] away
- the deadline is [just, right] around the corner
- two hours to go before the deadline
- the deadline has [passed, gone by]
- is (way, long) past the deadline
- (set) a deadline for each [task, phase, module]
- the clock is ticking towards the deadline
- the deadline [date, time, extension]
'deadline' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
application
- dissertation
- edgy
- extend
- extension
- fixed
- looming
- paperwork
- scheduled
- settlement
- shadow
- thesis
- transfer