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eleventh hour

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eleventh hour
n.
The latest possible time: turned in the report at the eleventh hour.
eleventh hour
n
a.  the latest possible time; last minute
b.  (as modifier) an eleventh-hour decision
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Noun1.eleventh houreleventh hour - the latest possible moment; "money became available at the eleventh hour"; "at the last minute the government changed the rules"
last minute
moment, instant, minute, second - a particular point in time; "the moment he arrived the party began"


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I have not begun yet, as it is not worth while at the eleventh hour of this term; but when I return in January I will set to work in earnest.
An Unsocial Socialist by Shaw, George Bernard View in context
The open forges of armorer and smithy smoked and hissed, and the din of hammer on anvil rose above the thousand lesser noises of the castle courts, the shouting of commands, the rattle of steel, the ringing of iron hoof on stone flags, as these artificers hastened, sweating and cursing, through the eleventh hour repairs to armor, lance and sword, or to reset a shoe upon a refractory, plunging beast.
The Outlaw of Torn by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
He supplicated strength for the weak- hearted; guidance for wanderers from the fold: a return, even at the eleventh hour, for those whom the temptations of the world and the flesh were luring from the narrow path.
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