adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a last-minute dash (= very fast, because you have very little time remaining )
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We only just caught our plane, after a last-minute dash to the airport.
a last-minute goal
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A last-minute goal condemned Fulham to a 0–1 home defeat.
last-minute rush
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I knew there would be a last-minute rush to meet the deadline.
technical/slight/last-minute hitch
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In spite of some technical hitches, the first program was a success.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
change
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Further investigations will reveal a last-minute change of plan, bringing the ever popular Syd Little to an even greater public.
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The Weekly recommends calling event organizers to check for last-minute changes in location, time, price, etc.
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The last-minute change saved his life: 61 Squadron's aircraft was lost on the raid.
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Any hope that he might have a last-minute change of heart became just a bit brighter on Thursday.
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The industry is expected to excuse itself by highlighting the last-minute change in voters' allegiances, reflected in the last polls.
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His morning was punctuated by a series of last-minute changes of mind, over both his words and his wardrobe.
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He had read some of the more discreet passages for the evening audience, having had a last-minute change of plan.
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They had to overcome engineering problems, a last-minute change of keel, and the withdrawal of their sponsor.
reprieve
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The team even received some compensation in the event of a last-minute reprieve being granted to the condemned person.
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The Proconsul offers him a last-minute reprieve , however, if he will repent and swear by the genius of Caesar.
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London zoo gets reprieve CLOSURE-threatened London Zoo has been given a last-minute reprieve because so many people want to visit it.
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Their protest was part of the bid to win a last-minute reprieve for Parkside, Lancashire's last remaining mine.
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But any last-minute reprieve may come too late.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a last-minute decision