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Meet a deadline collocation
The team worked late to ___ the deadline.
Classification
reviewed-seedapprovedvocabulary-collocation-depthcollocation-choicechoice-distractorB1Vocabulary
Provenance
Kind: human-authored
Source: vocabulary-depth-anchor-pack
Batch: vocab-collocation-001
Reviewer: content-lead
Updated: 2026-05-20
Instruction and answer
Instruction
Choose the natural business phrase.
Correct answer
meet
Explanation
To meet a deadline means to finish before or by the required time. It is a core workplace collocation.
Product use
Surfaces
funneltestdaily
Source languages
globalrues
Difficulty
medium
Conversion hook
Feels immediately useful for job and business English users.
Review payload
Review notes
Useful business collocation for multiple tests.
Media prompt
No media prompt attached.
Assets
collocation-pairsworkplace-email-situations
Source traps
global-collocation-transfer
Tags
collocationsbusiness-englishdeadline
Usage
Tests: collocations, business-english, toeic
Funnels: ru-translated-english, es-translated-english
Challenges: meet-deadline-collocation
{
"type": "single-choice",
"correctOptionId": "meet",
"options": [
{
"id": "meet",
"label": "meet",
"rationale": "Meet a deadline means finish on time."
},
{
"id": "catch",
"label": "catch",
"rationale": "Catch a deadline is not the usual collocation."
},
{
"id": "arrive",
"label": "arrive",
"rationale": "Deadlines arrive, but teams meet them."
},
{
"id": "touch",
"label": "touch",
"rationale": "Touch does not fit the business phrase."
}
]
}