adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a final/last-ditch effort (= a last effort, when you want very much to achieve something )
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Sam took a deep breath and prepared herself for one final effort.
a last-ditch attempt (= a final attempt to achieve something before it is too late )
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Negotiators are making a last-ditch attempt to save the agreement.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
attempt
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Munich had inspired a last-ditch attempt to bring down Chamberlain and save the peace.
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Despite his bulk, he jumped several fences in a last-ditch attempt to escape.
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Tories fail to halt pedestrian plan A last-ditch attempt to delay the introduction of pedestrianisation in Darlington town centre was defeated.
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Horrified by his latest intentions, they were perhaps genuinely considering a last-ditch attempt to save him from himself.
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So finally, in a last-ditch attempt to salvage the exercise as a whole, the following workshop activity was developed.
effort
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The Bill looked like being reasonably successful despite a reported last-ditch effort by the Bill's Conservative opponents.
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The Republican victories came despite a last-ditch effort by the president to help Democratic candidates.
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Last night, Mr Jones said he was involved in a last-ditch effort to save the unit.
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Not as a second-rate effort or a last-ditch effort.