Crossword Dictionary

last-ditch

Denoting a final attempt to achieve something after all else has failed.

Synonyms: final attempt, last resort
 

Examples:

“A last-ditch effort to break the deadlock.”

“The smear campaigns were shown to be just that - the last-ditch effort of desperate individuals to throw the vote.”

“A year ago today, she was undergoing a transatlantic bone marrow transplant in a last-ditch attempt to beat leukaemia.”

“Arbitrators have been called in as a last-ditch attempt to avert strike action by hundreds of Yorkshire miners.”

“And she has come to the American capital in a last-ditch attempt to preserve her people's unique way of life.”

“Because last week a last-ditch attempt to save the centre failed.”