last-ditch
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- adjective
- /ˈlæstˌdɪtʃ/
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desesperado
- As the EV activists recorded the VIN numbers of the cars in storage, Chelsea led a last-ditch effort to buy the cars from GM.
- last-ditch effort
- last-ditch attempt
And so I'm going to use this last ditch desperate measure to try to get her back.
- And so I'm going to use this last ditch desperate measure to try to get her back.
- It's like a road of frustration, despair and like last ditch efforts and the Hail Marys.
- He was trying to use this run as almost like a last ditch effort to address the trauma of his dad's childhood.
- They're a by product of her constant last ditch efforts at staying relevant, IE the nip slip.
- That's just merely him in a last ditch attempt.
- Apparently, if the Supreme Court decides to hear President Trump's last ditch election fraud case, Trump has said that he wants her to appear as a witness again.
Examples
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Dillon made a great run and last-ditch effort for the championship in the closing laps.
Blog text (18) -
The new promotion was a last-ditch effort to keep business going for them, too.
Fiction book (2001) -
I believe that was a last-ditch effort to save our marriage.
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Some people think that this is a last-ditch effort to change their minds.
Blog text (26) -
This was a last-ditch effort and we'll go through the motions tomorrow.
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The next school year, Governor Faubus closed all Little Rock high schools in a last-ditch effort to avoid integration.
Fiction book (2000) -
The FBI has defended the power shut off as a last ditch attempt to bring Mr. Nields to a peaceful surrender.
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As Mrs. Thatcher leaves Paris for London to make her last-ditch attempt to pull together support for her leadership, the ship may have sailed.
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Truly a momentous day for listening as stuntman Rod Kimble will jump 15 buses in a last-ditch effort to save his stepfather.
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The team made a last-ditch effort to win the championship by practicing every day before the final match.
How Desperate
Surface Forms
Etymology
Last-ditch comes from the image of soldiers fighting from the last ditch or trench, the 'final' place to stand and resist an enemy. So a last-ditch effort is a desperate, final attempt to save a situation when you are near failure.