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Last minute
noun
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Word Frequency:
2.5
Definitions
1.
noun
An arbitrary (non-specific) point in time, too close to a deadline to reasonably begin a critical task.
"I like to do everything at the last minute. It does tend to make me late for things, though."
2.
adjective
Very close to a deadline.
"That last minute revision really paid off in the exam!"
Synonyms
unpunctual
eleventh-hour
last-ditch
late
precipitate
precipitated
precipitous
last
breaking
up-to-the-minute
final
eleventh hour
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