Be due

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be due = have a deadline (be expected by a certain time in the coming future) = expected / awaited / anticipated
The report is due next Wednesday.
We need the report by next Wednesday.

be due = be owed as debt or right = payable / to be paid
The rent is due by the 25th.

due + to expire = due to end = due to be completed
The contract is due to expire mid January, make sure to complete all the items beforehand.



❌ not used  in the sense "hope it can be finished, be completed now" or "be over soon"

❌ I hope our targets can be due at end of this year, so we have to rearrange manpower in next week.
✅ I hope our targets can be completed by the end of this year, so we have to rearrange manpower in next week.
✅ Since our targets are due at end of this year, we have to rearrange manpower in next week to make sure we make it.