LAST-DITCH EFFORT Definition & Meaning

last-ditch effort

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Idioms and Phrases

A desperate final attempt, as in We're making a last-ditch effort to finish on time . This expression alludes to the military sense of last ditch , “the last line of defense.” Its figurative use dates from the early 1800s.

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The group’s last-ditch effort to reach homeowners is a letter.

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“It’s a lot of time and effort and resources. These fish rescues are an absolute emergency, last-ditch effort to save these populations so that they can persist.”

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He is serving a life sentence in U.S. federal prison, and an appeals court denied a last-ditch effort to have his conviction overturned on Jan. 10.

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TikTok will appear before the US Supreme Court on Friday in a last-ditch effort to overturn a ban, in a case testing the limits of national security and free speech.

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Jan. 6 was their last-ditch effort to overturn the election.

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