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Definition of last-ditch in English: last-ditchadjective ˌlɑːs(t)ˈdɪtʃ Denoting a final attempt to achieve something after all else has failed. a last-ditch effort to break the deadlock Example sentencesExamples - But there is still time for the papers to make last-ditch attempts to rally readers to their causes.
- And she has come to the American capital in a last-ditch attempt to preserve her people's unique way of life.
- Arbitrators have been called in as a last-ditch attempt to avert strike action by hundreds of Yorkshire miners.
- The last-ditch attempt by the so-called Old Guard of the committee now appears to have back-fired.
- York council planners are making a last-ditch attempt to stop an amusement arcade being opened in a city high street.
- She enrolled on the training scheme as a last-ditch attempt to do something with her life.
- A last-ditch attempt to reverse the move was narrowly defeated after a furious town hall debate.
- They threw everything they had at the last-ditch rescue effort as Currie struggled to move play more than five yards from their own line.
- Station staff were so determined to rescue the tortoiseshell cat they even stopped a train in a last-ditch attempt.
- In the meantime I am going to replace my blood with Lucozade as a last-ditch attempt to make it through the week without expiring.
- Some even have to be given morphine in a last-ditch attempt to cure their addiction.
- Because last week a last-ditch attempt to save the centre failed.
- Talks began on July 14 between the union and employers in a last-ditch attempt to rescue the pay deal.
- This woman had gone to see her ex-husband in a last-ditch attempt to ‘give it another go’.
- In a last-ditch attempt to get the ball rolling, we contacted our solicitor in Dublin for advice.
- Cotswold people are urged to join a last-ditch attempt to save the Alderman Knight special school in Tewkesbury.
- The smear campaigns were shown to be just that - the last-ditch effort of desperate individuals to throw the vote.
- A Lord and Lady are leading a last-ditch attempt to save a 19th century building from demolition.
- A year ago today, she was undergoing a transatlantic bone marrow transplant in a last-ditch attempt to beat leukaemia.
- Not even their spirited last-ditch attempt to corner the gay market can save them.
Synonyms last-minute, last-chance, eleventh-hour, last-resort, desperate, frantic, frenzied, wild, struggling, straining, final, extreme, all-out, do-or-die informal last-gasp
Definition of last-ditch in US English: last-ditchadjective Denoting a final attempt to achieve something after all else has failed. a last-ditch effort to break the deadlock Example sentencesExamples - A last-ditch attempt to reverse the move was narrowly defeated after a furious town hall debate.
- Because last week a last-ditch attempt to save the centre failed.
- And she has come to the American capital in a last-ditch attempt to preserve her people's unique way of life.
- The last-ditch attempt by the so-called Old Guard of the committee now appears to have back-fired.
- In the meantime I am going to replace my blood with Lucozade as a last-ditch attempt to make it through the week without expiring.
- Arbitrators have been called in as a last-ditch attempt to avert strike action by hundreds of Yorkshire miners.
- This woman had gone to see her ex-husband in a last-ditch attempt to ‘give it another go’.
- She enrolled on the training scheme as a last-ditch attempt to do something with her life.
- Talks began on July 14 between the union and employers in a last-ditch attempt to rescue the pay deal.
- Not even their spirited last-ditch attempt to corner the gay market can save them.
- York council planners are making a last-ditch attempt to stop an amusement arcade being opened in a city high street.
- A year ago today, she was undergoing a transatlantic bone marrow transplant in a last-ditch attempt to beat leukaemia.
- The smear campaigns were shown to be just that - the last-ditch effort of desperate individuals to throw the vote.
- Some even have to be given morphine in a last-ditch attempt to cure their addiction.
- Station staff were so determined to rescue the tortoiseshell cat they even stopped a train in a last-ditch attempt.
- But there is still time for the papers to make last-ditch attempts to rally readers to their causes.
- Cotswold people are urged to join a last-ditch attempt to save the Alderman Knight special school in Tewkesbury.
- In a last-ditch attempt to get the ball rolling, we contacted our solicitor in Dublin for advice.
- A Lord and Lady are leading a last-ditch attempt to save a 19th century building from demolition.
- They threw everything they had at the last-ditch rescue effort as Currie struggled to move play more than five yards from their own line.
Synonyms last-minute, last-chance, eleventh-hour, last-resort, desperate, frantic, frenzied, wild, struggling, straining, final, extreme, all-out, do-or-die
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