to meet the deadline
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3.2
- phrasal verb
:
cumplir el plazo
- I have to post my blog and meet the writing deadlines, which are in two days.
- meet the statutory deadline
- never meet the deadline
I'm going to procrastinate and then not meet the deadline and ruin something at work or school for myself, right?
- I'm going to procrastinate and then not meet the deadline and ruin something at work or school for myself, right?
- So I say, OK, And then I met the deadline for this last job and I had three or four days leftover.
Examples
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Although only a few of the 25 member states met these deadlines, most have now submitted their plans.
Academic text (2004) -
There should be no less serious consequences when the government fails to meet its statutory deadlines.
Blog text (23) -
Making sure each project is moving forward and will meet its own deadline is essential.
Blog text (4) -
On the other hand, working to meet a deadline can be hard to push through.
Blog text (8) -
What did you do in order to ensure that you met that deadline with quality work?
Blog text (33) -
I might as well forget about meeting the deadline.
Fiction book (1991) -
"Knife Head IV" was in a similar situation, but we met the deadline.
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Q: We understand that you have been experiencing some difficulties in meeting the deadline you have with us.
Fiction book (1991) -
Companies that had contracted to clean the streets couldn't meet their deadlines.
Fiction book (1991) -
We must all work together to meet the deadline for the project submission next week.
Synonyms
4
3.9
To finish something before the time runs out
Antonyms
How Timely
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to finish a task by the time it is due' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'meet' (to fulfil or satisfy) with 'deadline' (the time by which tasks must be completed); the article 'the' is semantically neutral. This compositional logic is common cross-linguistically (e.g., Spanish 'cumplir el plazo'), so a B1 learner who knows the constituents would readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Meet the deadline comes from the idea of a fixed deadline like a 'finish line' in a race that you must reach on time. So, to meet the deadline means to finish a task by the time it is due.