last-ditch effort
1last-ditch effort — See: LAST DITCH …
2last-ditch effort — See: LAST DITCH …
3last-ditch\ effort — See: last ditch …
4last-ditch effort — n. final attempt, attempt made when there is little time left …
5last-ditch — adj a last ditch attempt/effort etc a final attempt to achieve something before it is too late ▪ The negotiators made a last ditch effort to reach an agreement …
6last-ditch — UK US /ˌlɑːstˈdɪtʃ/ adjective [before noun] ► used to describe an act that is made at the end of a series of failures to solve a problem, and is not expected to succeed: last ditch effort/attempt »They are now involved in a last ditch attempt to… …
7last-ditch — adjective a last ditch attempt/effort etc a final attempt to achieve something before it is too late: The negotiators made a last ditch effort to reach an agreement …
8last-ditch — a last ditch attempt to solve a problem is the final attempt that you make after you have failed several times to solve it. The gesture has been seen by many as a last ditch attempt to win voters. (always before noun) The UN is trying to secure… …
9last-ditch — adjective a last ditch effort to save the old church Syn: last minute, last chance, eleventh hour, last resort, desperate, do or die, last gasp, final …
10last-ditch — {adj.} Made or done as a last chance to keep from losing or tailing. * /He threw away his cigarettes in a last ditch effort to stop smoking./ Compare: BACK TO THE WALL …