last-ditch

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last-ditch

a last-ditch attempt to solve a problem is the final attempt that you make after you have failed several times to solve it (always before noun) The gesture has been seen by many as a last-ditch attempt to win voters. The UN is trying to secure talks between the two sides in a last-ditch effort to avert war.

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Earlier this month, circuit chiefs issued a last-ditch plea to potential investors to help raise the pounds 135million required to stage the race, due to be held on July 11. Donington crisis talks by Birmingham Mail (England) MERSEYSIDE'S fire service will make a last-ditch bid to negotiate with water company United Utilities over water pressure before pursuing legal action, it emerged yesterday. Fire chief in water pressure talks by Daily Post (Liverpool, England) Reports have said Hilco tabled a last-ditch offer at the weekend to take on up to pounds 300m of the group's debts, leaving lenders with just pounds 85m. In brief: Woolworths talks by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England)			large as life larger larger than life lark lash lash about lash against lash at lash back lash down lash down on lash into lash out lash to lash together lashing last last but not least last call last for last laugh last out last straw last will and testament last word last-ditch last-ditch effort last-gasp latch latch on latch onto latch string is always out late late bloomer late in life late in the day late unpleasantness later latest lather lather up laugh laugh about laugh all the way to the bank Laugh and the world laughs with you; weep and you weep alone laugh at laugh away laugh away at laugh down laugh head off laugh in face			Last Will and Testament Last Will and Testament Last Will and Testament Last Will and Testament Last Will and Testament Last Wills & Testaments Last Wills & Testaments Last Wills & Testaments Last Wills & Testaments Last Wills & Testaments Last Wills and Testaments Last Wills and Testaments Last Wills and Testaments Last Wills and Testaments Last Wills and Testaments Last Wish last word last word Last Word Freak Last Working Day Last Writer Wins Last year Last Year Actual Last Year But Not This Last Year But Unfortunately Not This Last Year Rate Last Year to Date last-born Last-Come, First-Served last-cyclic last-ditch last-ditch effort last-gasp last-gasp last-in first-out Last-In, First Out Last-In, First Out Last-In, First Out Accounting Last-In, First Out Accounting last-in, first-out last-in, first-out last-in, first-out last-in, first-out Last-In, First-Out Accounting Last-In, First-Out Accounting Last-In, Still-Here Last-In-First-Out Last-In-First-Out Last-In-First-Out Accounting Last-In-First-Out Accounting last-mask read-only memory last-minute last-minute last-place Last-Resort Target Last-Sale Reporting Last-Survivor Policies Last-Survivor Policy Last-Use, Next-Version Last-Value Carried Forward Last-Value Predictor

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