last-ditch effort

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*last-ditch effort

Fig. a final effort; the last possible attempt. (*Typically: be ~; have ~; make ~.) I made one last-ditch effort to get her to stay. It was a last-ditch effort. I didn't expect it to work.

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will surge as many as 40,000 troops into Afghanistan in the next year as part of a last-ditch effort to stabilize the country, but the increase in manpower will largely be offset by the departure of many European contingents. Confidential intelligence assessments relating to Afghanistan are ... by Giraldi, Philip / The American Conservative UP to 70 disabled workers in Hartlepool are set to strike in a last-ditch effort to prevent their factory closing, it was revealed today. Remploy strike vote by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England) GORDON D'ARCY is ready to spearhead Ireland's last-ditch effort to reach the quarter-finals. Rugby Union: D'ARCY SENDS OUT IRISH BATTLE CRY; iRB RUGBY WORLD CUP ... by The Mirror (London, England)			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 laugh like a drain			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 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 Last.fm

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