last-ditch adjective

/ˌlɑːst ˈdɪtʃ/

/ˌlæst -/ adj (also last-gasp)

Definition

last-ditch attempt/effort

an effort or attempt which is made at the end of a series of failures to solve a problem, and is not expected to succeed

In a last-ditch attempt to save his party from electoral defeat, he resigned from the leadership.

(Definition of last-ditch adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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