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Last-ditch   /læst-dɪtʃ/   Listen
Last-ditch

adjective
1.
Of something done as a final recourse (especially to prevent a crisis or disaster).





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"Last-ditch" Quotes from Famous Books



... his antagonist's agility, the bear managed to get his "holt," and puss, wrapped in his strong arms, was practically whipped; not without protest—she was a "last-ditch" warrior. The bear settled back as grim and stolid as General Grant might have done, while the chivalry of the wood shed applied her hind claws to his waistcoat. However, the bear could do a little in this line himself. The effect ...
— Red Saunders' Pets and Other Critters • Henry Wallace Phillips


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