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eleventh hour definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the latest possible moment; "money became available at the eleventh hour"; "at the last minute the government changed the rules" [syn: eleventh hour, last minute]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1826 the latest possible time <still making changes at the eleventh hour>

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

If someone does something at the eleventh hour, they do it at the last possible moment. He postponed his trip at the eleventh hour. ...last night's eleventh hour agreement. N-SING: usu at the N, N n

Moby Thesaurus

A-day, D day, H hour, bedtime, belatedness, charged moment, critical moment, crucial moment, curfew, deadline, deathbed, decisive moment, high time, kairos, kairotic moment, last minute, last-minute, late hour, lateness, later, moment of truth, nick of time, pregnant moment, psychological moment, small hours, tardiness, target date, unpreparedness, unpunctuality, unreadiness, untimeliness, zero hour