Meaning & use
last-ditch effort
A final attempt to achieve something, made after other efforts have failed or when little hope remains.
See it in a sentence
In a last-ditch effort to save the deal, she offered a significant discount.
The team made a last-ditch effort in the final seconds, but still lost the game.
A note on using this word
Last-ditch comes from the image of soldiers defending the final trench after all other lines have fallen.
Words with a similar meaning
desperate attemptfinal push
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