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dead·line (-līn′)
noun
- ☆ Historical a line around a prison beyond which a prisoner could go only at the risk of being shot by a guard
- ☆ a boundary which it is forbidden to cross
- ☆ the latest time by which something must be done or completed a deadline for payment, publication, etc.
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