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eleventh-hour

adj

Definitions

  1. Just before the moment that it is too late

    Just before the moment that it is too late; in the nick of time; last-minute.

    • Eleventh-hour executive changes are not unique to this outgoing Administration — President Bill Clinton launched a number himself before leaving office.
    • Cal State Fullerton students Chenglin Lee and Samuel Ortiz saved me with eleventh-hour bibliographic assistance.

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