deadline fighter
- noun
- Informal
:
luchador contra plazos
- Her reputation as a deadline fighter made her the go-to person for urgent projects.
Examples
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The team relied on their deadline fighter to push through the final hours before launch.
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Many deadline fighters thrive in high-pressure environments.
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As a deadline fighter, he performed best when time was running out.
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She is a true deadline fighter!
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As a deadline fighter, he performed best when time was running out.
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Her reputation as a deadline fighter made her the go-to person for urgent projects.
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The team relied on their deadline fighter to push through the final hours before launch.
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Morphology
The meaning can be directly derived from combining 'deadline' (time limit) with 'fighter' (one who fights): it denotes someone who battles against deadlines, i.e. who copes with or meets tight time limits. This noun–noun compounding and simple metaphorical extension is a common, transparent pattern cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents should be able to infer the sense.
Etymology
Deadline fighter comes from the image of someone 'fighting' a clock: deadline (the time you must finish) and fighter (a person who fights). So it means 'a person who works well under pressure to finish work on time'.