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No. Down to the last wire is no idiom I am aware of. It sounds like a mixed idiom. Down to the last man means you'll fight until all means of fighting have been lost. Down to the wire means the outcome won't be known until the last moment or things are going to be close at the finish line.

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Yes, "down to the last wire" is an idiom. It means to be at the final or critical stage of a process or competition, often with little time remaining.

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