eleventh-hour decision



eleventh-hour decision

Fig. a decision made very late in a process, or at the last possible moment. Eleventh-hour decisions are seldom satisfactory. The president's eleventh-hour decision was made in a great hurry, but it turned out to be correct.
See also: decision

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NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Latashalə-TASH-əAfrican American
Finn (2)FIN (Danish)Danish, Norwegian, Swedish
LjubicaLYOO-bee-tsah (Serbian, Croatian)Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian, Slovene
Nitika-Indian, Hindi
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Sani-Arabic