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[ min-it ] / ˈmɪn ɪt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR last minute ON THESAURUS.COM
nounthe time just preceding a deadline or when some decisive action must be taken. Origin of last minuteFirst recorded in 1915–20 OTHER WORDS FROM last minutelast-minute, adjectiveWords nearby last minuteLast Judgment, last knockings, last laugh, have the, lastly, last mile, last minute, last name, last out, last post, last quarter, last resort Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for last minuteBut fans still feel the death was a last-minute decision made for shock value rather than to serve the story. ‘The Walking Dead’ Fans Demand: Bring Back Beth!|Melissa Leon|December 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST It worked, but it was not a last-minute strategy, he insists. Connecticut Governor Dan Malloy to Democrats: Grow a Pair|David Freedlander|November 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST A cell phone can now tell you which hotels nearby have last-minute vacancies, and deliver user reviews. Obama’s Extravagant Summer Break? More Like, America’s Vacation-Deficit Disorder|Clive Irving|August 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST But he cautioned that last-minute snags could still derail an agreement. Turkey Turns Back Toward Israel|Thomas Seibert|May 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Rich defendant, revolving door attorneys, last-minute plea deals… cue the brooding theme music and time-lapse photography. Delaware’s Affluenza Case Affects Justice, Too|Jay Michaelson|April 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST If not claimed then, it would be filled from the last-minute waiting list. By the time we landed, the Captain was through and I was running over the main points in my head, for a last-minute check. The Man Who Played to Lose|Laurence Mark Janifer The super-ships lay cold and gray now, men swarming in and out with last-minute supplies. The Ultimate Weapon|John Wood Campbell Allis noted with minute observance each little act in this pantomime of the last-minute plunge. Thoroughbreds|W. A. Fraser Last-minute recalculations showed that the extra lightness of the new loaf might be great enough to cause drift during stackage. Bread Overhead|Fritz Reuter Leiber
British Dictionary definitions for last minute
noun(modifier) given or done at the latest possible timelast-minute preparations Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to last minuteeleventh hour, high time, under the wire |