used to describe a final attempt to achieve sth, when there is not much hope of succeeding:
She underwent a heart transplant in a last-ditch attempt to save her.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is last-ditch a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, last-ditch is tagged as adjective.
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