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last minute

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last minute
n.
The period just before a significant or concluding moment such as a deadline, due date, or scheduled event: always waits until the last minute to do his holiday shopping.
last-minute (lstmnt) adj.
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Noun1.last minutelast minute - the latest possible moment; "money became available at the eleventh hour"; "at the last minute the government changed the rules"
eleventh hour
moment, instant, minute, second - a particular point in time; "the moment he arrived the party began"


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take this gentleman's luggage -- Dover line twelve o'clock train -- that's it," and without waiting for another word Jerry wheeled me round to make room for other cabs that were dashing up at the last minute, and drew up on one side till the crush was past.
Black Beauty by Sewell, Anna View in context
I WASN'T flirting with him -- I honestly thought I cared up to the last minute -- and then -- well, I just knew I NEVER could marry him.
Anne of The Island by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context
I know it's disgraceful, but I go to sleep at the opera, and I sit out the opera bouffe to the last minute, and enjoy it.
Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
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