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

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Hena-Yiddish
RomÁN-Hungarian
Goteleib-Ancient Germanic
Mis'id-Arabic
Noah['nəuə]
Eira (2)AY-rah (Swedish)Swedish, Norwegian