cut-off period(The president arrived after 10am, ten minutes after the cut-off period of 9.35am to 9.55am when the international leaders were expected to be seated.Mr. Wolf)
meet the deadline(I had to increase my speed of writing articles by a factor of 3 to meet the deadline. – Мне нужно было увеличить свою скорость написания статей в три раза, чтобы успеть к крайнему сроку. TarasZ)
