0 an effort or attempt that is made at the end of a series of failures to solve a problem, and is not expected to succeed: --
1 happening or tried at the final opportunity, before it is too late: --
2 used to describe an act that is made at the end of a series of failures to solve a problem, and is not expected to succeed: --
It is a fairly blatant last-ditch attempt to win votes in marginal seats.
I rise to support the amendments in respect of my constituency, in a last-ditch effort to retrieve the position in my area.
There is no doubt that the compromise we reached on the authorisation chapter represented a last-ditch effort at reaching an agreement.
No last-ditch stand was going on, with bidding up with cash.
We should see that campaign for what it really is—a last-ditch defence of an almost extinct species.
They could, for example, have become very popular in the last-ditch fight to prevent the return to work and the end of the strike.
The lawyers are making a last-ditch attempt on behalf of their entrenched professions to retain the old system by opposing radical and structural change.
This sounds like the last-ditch stand of the "may" brigade; the power as opposed to duty brigade.
