Last-ditch definition

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Done or made as a final recourse, especially to prevent a crisis or disaster.

A last-ditch effort to avert a strike.

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Made, done, used, etc. in a final, often desperate act of resistance or opposition.
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(idiomatic) Final, as a last resort; done in desperation.

He sent flowers in a last-ditch effort to keep her from leaving.

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A final attempt before quitting, often desperate.

He stayed up all night in a last ditch effort to finish on time.

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Last-ditch Sentence Examples

  • In a last ditch effort to get a rise out of sullen Fred, Dean related Martha's story about the mine and her discovery of the skeleton.

  • Dean figured Fred was making a last ditch effort for a dispensation from his public duty.

  • He informed Dean the climbers, who were due to check out later, had left for the ice park, grumbling at the heavy accumulation of snow which was abating to a last-ditch flurry after depositing thirty inches of fluffy white.

  • The post-war slump brought a last-ditch amalgamation of traction engine manufacturers including Burrell's.

  • A sunset clause is a last-ditch attempt to put at least some protection or roadblock in place.

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