late in the day

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late in the day

Fig. far along in a project or activity; too late in a project or activity for action, decisions, etc., to be taken. It was a bit late in the day for him to apologize. It's late in the day to try to change the plans.

See also: day, late

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It was rather too late in the day to set about being simpleminded and ignorant; but she left her with every previous resolution confirmed of being humble and discreet, and repressing imagination all the rest of her life. Emma by Austen, Jane View in context He did not regain consciousness till late in the day, when with other wounded and captured Russian officers he was carried to the hospital. War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context It's a little late in the day to be scrupulous, after what you have done. Man And Wife by Collins, Wilkie View in context			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 laugh off laugh off the stage laugh oneself out of laugh oneself silly laugh out of laugh out of court laugh out of the other side of face and laugh out of the other ... laugh up sleeve laugh with			Late Embryonic H4 Late Entry Late Entry Accelerated Program Late Eocene period Late Eocene period Late Error Gate Late fee Late fee Late Fees Late fine Late Finish Late Flank Alarm Late Flank Gate Late for a Date Late for Dinner Late French Immersion late gene Late Georgian style Late Glacial Period Late Gothic Late Gothic Revival Late Greek Late Greek Late Greek Late Hebrew Late Hebrew Late Hemorrhagic Disease of the Newborn late in life Late in Mid October late in the day late in the game late in the game late in the game Late Incremental Insulin Area Late Infantile Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis Late Intake Valve Closing Late Iron Age Late Iron Age Late Jurassic late lamented Late Latin Late Latin Late Latin Late leakage of undetermined source Late Life Function and Disability Instrument Late Life Parent Late Luteal Phase Disorder Late Luteal Phase Dysphoric Disorder Late Luteal Phase Dysphoric Disorder Late Medieval Period Late Midcourse Late Middle Chinese Late Minoan Late Minoan Late Minoan Late Mississippian Late Model Bus Organization, International Late Model Mustang Club of Connecticut Late Model Mustang Owners Association Late Modern English

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