last-ditch effort

*last-ditch effort

Fig. a final effort; the last possible attempt. (*Typically: be ~; have ~; make ~.) I made one last-ditch effort to get her to stay. It was a last-ditch effort. I didn't expect it to work.

last-ditch effort

A desperate final attempt, as in We're making a last-ditch effort to finish on time. This expression alludes to the military sense of last ditch, "the last line of defense." Its figurative use dates from the early 1800s.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Sidonia	-	Late Roman, German
Dona	DAHN-ə	English
ÉDouard	e-DWAHR	French
Latifa	-	Arabic
Sima (1)	-	Persian
Manaem	-	Biblical Greek