at the last minute

English

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -ɪnɪt

Prepositional phrase

at the last minute

(idiomatic) Very close to a deadline or potential crucial event.
At the last minute, he refused to approve the plan.

At the last minute, the hero regained consciousness and rolled out of the path of the tank.

Synonym: at the last moment

Translations

very close to a deadline

French: de dernière minute, à la dernière minute (fr), au dernier moment (fr)
German: in letzter Minute
Polish: w ostatniej chwili
Portuguese: em cima da hora (literally “on top of the hour”), no último instante, ao apagar das luzes (literally “when the light were about to go out”)
Romanian: în ultimul moment
Spanish: a última hora, en el último momento

References

“at the last minute”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

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