Grammar fix
meet a deadline
finish on time
to finish something by the time it is due
collocationB2common
Hear it in context
Notice where the phrase sounds natural.
We worked late to meet the deadline.
At university I learned to plan ahead so that I could meet deadlines without staying up all night.
Fix the pattern
One small grammar move makes it sound right.
Not: We reached the deadline just in time.
Say: We met the deadline just in time.
We MEET a deadline (the opposite is MISS it), not 'reach' it.
Which sounds natural?
Tap the one a native speaker would say.
'Meet the deadline' is the standard collocation; 'adhere to the stipulated deadline' is contract-speak.
Build natural chunks
Words that usually travel with it.
meet + deadline
- the deadline
- a tight deadline
- deadlines
- on time