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move up the deadline

[/muːv ʌp ðə ˈdɛdlaɪn/]
verb phrase
antecipar o prazo
1. To change a deadline to an earlier date; to schedule something to be completed sooner than originally planned
The manager decided to move up the deadline from Friday to Wednesday.
O gerente decidiu antecipar o prazo de sexta-feira para quarta-feira.
2. To accelerate the completion timeline of a project or task
We need to move up the deadline if we want to launch before the holidays.
Precisamos antecipar o prazo se quisermos lançar antes das férias.
Synonyms
bring forward the deadlineaccelerate the deadlinemove forward the deadlineadvance the deadlineexpedite the deadline
Antonyms
push back the deadlineextend the deadlinedelay the deadlinepostpone the deadline

Regional Variations

General Brazilian
antecipar o prazo
Most common and widely used
São Paulo
adiantar o prazo
Alternative common usage
Rio de Janeiro
antecipar o prazo
Standard usage
Portugal
antecipar o prazo
Standard European Portuguese

Related Idioms & Phrases

against the clock
race against time
beat the deadline
meet the deadline
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