(last-minute)
1last-minute — adj [only before noun] happening or done as late as possible before something else happens ▪ a few last minute changes to the script …
2last minute — last mi|nute [ la:st mɪnɪt] <englisch> (kurzfristig [und preisreduziert]); last minute verreisen …
3last minute — (also last moment) ► NOUN ▪ the latest possible time before an event …
4last minute — last minute, adj. /min it/ the time just preceding a deadline or when some decisive action must be taken. [1915 20] * * * …
5last minute — index dilatory Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
6last-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 * * * …
7last 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 …
8last 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 …
9last minute — noun Date: 1920 the moment just before some climactic, decisive, or disastrous event • last minute adjective …
10last-minute — adjective see last minute …
