the last minute

the last possible opportunity for doing something He always waits until the last minute to shop for presents.

Usage notes: used with until or till, as in the example, or with at: At the last minute, we found our tickets.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Liberius	-	Late Roman
Isi	-	Native American, Choctaw
Ignazio	-	Italian
Birthe	BEER-te	Danish
Meirion	-	Welsh
Stanislava	stah-nee-SLAH-vah (Russian)	Czech, Slovak, Bulgarian, Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, Russian, Medieval Slavic