last-ditch
UK/ˈlɑːs(t)dɪt͡ʃ//ˈlæs(t)ˌdɪt͡ʃ/
last-ditch adjective: done at or to the very end; final.
Adjective
last-ditch
- Done at or to the very end; final.
- Synonyms:
- eleventh-hour, in the nick of time, last-gasp, last-minute
- Done in desperation as a last resort, to avoid bad consequences.
- a last-ditch attack a last-ditch attempt
- He sent flowers in a last-ditch effort to keep her from leaving.
- Synonyms:
- Hail Mary
last-ditch meaning in Malayalam
last-ditch in Malayalam
- last-minute, last-chance, eleventh-hour
- അറ്റകെെയായ, അവസാനശ്രമായ, അവസാന, അവസാനത്തെ, അന്തിമ, അവസാന നിമിഷത്തിലുള്ള
Synonyms of last-ditch
Forms of last-ditch
| alternative form | last ditch |
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Origin of last-ditch
From last (adjective) + ditch (noun), referring to an innermost military entrenchment which acts as the last line of defence.
Questions about last-ditch
- What does last-ditch mean?
- Last-ditch means done at or to the very end; final.
- What is last-ditch in Malayalam?
- Last-ditch in Malayalam is അറ്റകെെയായ, അവസാനശ്രമായ, അവസാന. See Last-ditch meaning in Malayalam.
- What part of speech is last-ditch?
- Last-ditch is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce last-ditch?
- Last-ditch is pronounced /ˈlɑːs(t)dɪt͡ʃ/ (UK).
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Adapted from Wiktionary: last-ditch (page history and authors); last-ditch (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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