Down to the ___ Crossword Clue Answer

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Question: Down to the ___

Solution: WIRE

WIRE Definition 1:
A thin, flexible thread of metal noncount count see also barbed wire barbwire chicken wire high wire tripwire underwire.
Examples:
The flowers were bound together with thin wire.
Copper/aluminum wire
A wire rack/fence
wire brushes
There was a wire sticking out of the chair.
WIRE Definition 2:
A thread of metal that is covered with plastic, rubber, etc., and used to send or receive electricity or electrical signals see also live wire.
Examples:
A telephone wire had fallen on the road during the storm.
A short black wire connects the computer’s monitor to its keyboard.
Corroded wires
WIRE Definition 3:
A small microphone that is worn under clothing in order to secretly record a conversation .
Examples:
The undercover officer wore a wire to her meeting with the drug dealer.
WIRE Definition 4:
A service that sends news stories from one central office to many newspapers, magazines, television stations, etc. .
Examples:
This story just came over the wire. [=wire service]
WIRE Definition 5:
telegram .
Examples:
They just received a wire from their daughter.
WIRE Definition 6:
A thin piece of string that the winner of a race breaks through at the end of the race often used figuratively .
Examples:
She was ahead by two seconds at the wire.
The marathon ended in a sprint to the wire by the two top runners.
Both candidates are prepared for a sprint to the wire as election day approaches.
The committee was undecided right up to the wire. [=until the very end]
We took them to the wire in last year’s championship. [=we forced them to compete very hard against us until the end of the game]
The election went/came (right) down to the wire. [=the election was not decided until the very end]

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