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—last-minute, adj./min"it/the time just preceding a deadline or when some decisive action must be taken.[1915-20]
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last-minute — adj [only before noun] happening or done as late as possible before something else happens ▪ a few last minute changes to the script … Dictionary of contemporary English
last minute — last mi|nute [ la:st mɪnɪt] <englisch> (kurzfristig [und preisreduziert]); last minute verreisen … Die deutsche Rechtschreibung
last minute — (also last moment) ► NOUN ▪ the latest possible time before an event … English terms dictionary
last minute — index dilatory Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
last-minute — adjective just before a deadline; at the last minute (Freq. 1) last minute arrangements • Similar to: ↑unpunctual * * * adj late, overdue, hasty, rushed, forced, superficial COLLOQ. eleventh hour * * * … Useful english dictionary
last minute — noun the latest possible moment money became available at the eleventh hour at the last minute the government changed the rules • Syn: ↑eleventh hour • Hypernyms: ↑moment, ↑minute, ↑second, ↑inst … Useful english dictionary
last minute — 1. noun An arbitrary (non specific) point in time, too close to a deadline to reasonably begin a critical task. I like to do everything at the last minute. It does tend to make me late for things, though. 2. adjective Very close to a deadline … Wiktionary
last minute — noun Date: 1920 the moment just before some climactic, decisive, or disastrous event • last minute adjective … New Collegiate Dictionary
last-minute — adjective see last minute … New Collegiate Dictionary
last-minute — See last minute. * * * … Universalium
