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Idioms: down the line -- down to the wire

Idiom	Meaning	Example
down the line	in the future, later, down the road	Down the line, we'll meet again and laugh about our disagreement.
down the pike	toward us, at us, what's going down	Management keeps sending complaints down the pike, and we don't send anything back!
down the road	dismissed, fired	Disagree with the boss and you'll soon be down the road.
down the road	in the future, in a few years	We plan to have an office in both cities - but that's down the road.
down the tubes	lost or gone, ruined, up the creek	You have to advertise, or your business will go down the tubes.
down to a T	perfectly, exactly, down pat	Sharon is wonderful in the play. She has her part down to a T.
down to brass tacks	(See get down to brass tacks)
down to earth	humble, not proud, the salt of the earth	I like Mrs. Wilson because she's so down to earth, so natural.
down to the short strokes	nearly finished a job, almost completed a task	"How's it going? Are you nearly finished?" "We're down to the short strokes - we just have to paint the doors."
down to the wire	to the last minute, near the end	The first two games went down to the wire - very close scores.