last-ditch effort

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last-ditch

[last-ditch] {adj.} Made or done as a last chance to keep from losing or tailing. * /He threw away his cigarettes in a last-ditch effort to stop smoking./ Compare: [BACK […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

last ditch

[last ditch] {n.} The last place that can be defended; the last resort. * /They will fight reform to the last ditch./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

all-out effort

[all-out effort] {n.} A great and thorough effort at solving a given problem. * /The President is making an all-out effort to convince Congress to pass the pending bill on […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

ditch

[ditch] See: [LAST DITCH]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

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