last-minute
See also: last minute
English
Adjective
- Just before it is too late; in the nick of time.
- He's a last-minute replacement. After today, they'd have had to play with the original roster.
- Done or occurring at the latest possible time before an event.
- 1962 April, J. N. Faulkner, “Summer Saturday at Waterloo”, in Modern Railways, page 263:
- Instead, travellers are directed to the respective assembly points; this facilitates any last-minute changes in platform arrangements and also frustrates any would-be queue-jumpers.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:just in time
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