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I am often on guard over the Russians. In the darkness one sees their forms move like stick storks, like great birds. They come close up to the wire fence and lean their faces against it. Their fingers hook round the mesh.
Erich Maria Remarque

Meaning of "to the wire" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF TO THE WIRE

to the wire play
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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TO THE WIRE

to take your full holiday entitlement
to the bitter end
to the fore
to the full
to the ground
to the hilt
to the left
to the letter
to the life
to the manner born
to the max
to the nth degree
to the point
to the prejudice of
to the skies
to the teeth
to the tune of
to the wide
to throw off the shackles of sth
to throw the rule book at sb

WORDS THAT END LIKE TO THE WIRE

barbed wire
cheese wire
chicken wire
copper wire
dead wire
earth wire
fencing wire
fuse wire
get in under the wire
ground wire
high-tensile wire
high wire
live wire
number eight wire
razor wire
take it to the wire
telegraph wire
telephone wire
the wire
trolley wire
wire

Synonyms and antonyms of to the wire in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «to the wire» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TO THE WIRE

Find out the translation of to the wire to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of to the wire from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «to the wire» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

到金属丝
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

al alambre
570 millions of speakers

English

to the wire
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

तार करने के लिए
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

إلى سلك
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

к проводу
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

para o fio
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

তারের থেকে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pour le fil
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kepada wayar
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

zur Draht
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ワイヤ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

와이어
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Menyang kabel
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

để dây
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கம்பி வேண்டும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

तारकाकडे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Tela
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

al filo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

do drutu
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

до проводу
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

la firul
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

στο σύρμα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

aan die draad
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

till tråden
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

til ledningen
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of to the wire

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TO THE WIRE»

The term «to the wire» is very widely used and occupies the 1.685 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TO THE WIRE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about to the wire

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QUOTES WITH «TO THE WIRE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word to the wire.
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Erich Maria Remarque
I am often on guard over the Russians. In the darkness one sees their forms move like stick storks, like great birds. They come close up to the wire fence and lean their faces against it. Their fingers hook round the mesh.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TO THE WIRE»

Discover the use of to the wire in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to to the wire and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Tapping into The Wire: The Real Urban Crisis
I hope the readers of this intriguing book really 'feel' the problems that are highlighted and emerge committed to change."—Michael Kenneth Williams, actor, The Wire
Peter L. Beilenson, Patrick A. McGuire, 2012
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Down to the Wire: Confronting Climate Collapse
But this is not a doomsday book.
David W. Orr, 2009
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Down to the Wire
Down to the Wire, David Rosenfelt’s shocking new thriller about an ordinary man who gets exactly what he’s always wanted at a price he can never pay, is an intense thrill ride that will have readers racing through the pages right up to ...
David Rosenfelt, 2010
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Down to the Wire: Studies in the Diffusion and Regulation of ...
Studies in the Diffusion and Regulation of Telecommunications Technologies Allan L. Shampine. Chapter 6 Broadband Adoption in the United States: An Empirical Analysis* David E. Burnstein LECG, Inc. Debra J. Aron Northwestern ...
Allan L. Shampine, 2003
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Down to the Wire
Amber Ooley. first and second races. After seven more races it would be time. ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ray was given a leg up onto the #4 horse by the trainer. This filly was a closer and was deadly fast. The trainer told him that she liked to run at  ...
Amber Ooley, 2007
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The Wire-to-Wire Reds: Sweet Lou, Nasty Boys, and the Wild ...
He didn't go to the whip again un- til after the Reds had clinched the division. He knew how to hand-ride a young team to the wire. Somebody in the audience asked Lou about the famous “base toss.” (You always know that is going to come up ...
John Erardi, Joel Luckhaupt, 2010
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Silence on the Wire: A Field Guide to Passive Reconnaissance ...
When a device on the network uses the medium, it applies a specific voltage to the wire, and all other connected systems can interpret the data by measuring the voltages. A set of checks ensures that devices do not try to use the link at the ...
Michal Zalewski, 2005
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The Simulation of Thermomechanically Induced Stress in ...
Functioning like a delamination, the plastic could transfer its thermal contraction to the wire and try to lift it off, resulting in failure of the wire bond. When the die is coated it is possible that the coating material may partially cover the ball and wire  ...
Gerard Kelly, 1999
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A key to the knowledge of nature; or An exposition of the ...
... the wire, it will dispose itself at right angles to a perpendicular let fall from the centre of the needle to the wire, so that if this perpendicular be conceived to be the radius of a circle surrounding the wire, the needle will be a tangent to that circle.
Robert Taylor (incumbent of Hartlepool.), 1825
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The Wire, Deadwood, Homicide, and NYPD Blue: Violence is Power
Broadus's immediate problem is maintaining a drug corner after Bell's death and Barksdale's imprisonment, but his sense of impotence speaks to The Wire's larger themes about an America left behind by the 21st- century's postindustrial ...
Jason P. Vest, 2011

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TO THE WIRE»

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Dancing's Derek Hough: Our Rumba Came Down to the Wire
We changed a few things and it was really down to the wire. Over the weekend, I had to teach her via text! What happened was Henry was there to go over ... «TV Guide, Mar 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. To the wire [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/to-the-wire>. May 2024 ».
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