Some examples and use cases from the internet:

Some examples and use cases from the internet:

• working under pressure to meet a deadline. set/impose a deadline. They've set a deadline of Nov 5. tight/strict deadline (=a deadline that is difficult). Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Advanced Learner's ...
• Jul 7, 2015 ... I know we say "meet a deadline" when something is finished by the date it was supposed to be finished, but I haven't found "hit" meaning this in any dictionary. Would you say "hit a deadline" is a common collocation and a ...
• I'm trying to meet a deadline. (CK); [S] · [T] I'm trying to meet the deadline. (CK); [S ] · [T] Tom didn't know the deadline was today. (CK); [S] · [T] I'm killing myself to meet the deadline. (CM); [S] · [T] Tom doesn't think he can make the deadline.
• Jan 27, 2014 ... ... want to lose the client's business, right? So how can you do that in English, considering American cultural norms? In today's article, I will give you a few polite and professional ways to say that you can't meet a deadline.

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