eleventh-hour
Just before deadline
Eleventh-hour describes something done at the last possible moment, just before a deadline expires: an eleventh-hour deal to avert the strike, eleventh-hour negotiations.
The phrase alludes to the parable of the laborers in Matthew 20, where workers hired at the eleventh hour (one hour before the workday ends) receive the same pay as those who worked all day.
Just before deadline
- rushedDone with excessive speed
- hurriedDone too quickly
- hastyExcessively quick, ill-considered
- panicUncontrollable sudden fear
cramming · improvised · slapdash · frantic · nick-of-time · clutch · firefighting · pressure-cooker
Vitally important, deciding
- decisiveQuick to conclude
- crucialOf supreme importance
- criticalExpressing disapproval or importance
- keyLock-opening device
momentous · determining · final · last-ditch · clutch · game-changing · make-or-break
Serious sudden danger
- desperateDriven by urgent need
- direExtremely serious or urgent
- criticalExpressing disapproval or importance
- pressingRequiring immediate attention
exigent · expedite · immediate · acute · triage · crisis · SOS · do-or-die
Point of termination
- dueOwed or expected
- extensionAdded part or duration
- timeframeDesignated duration for something
- submissionYielding to another's will
countdown · finalization · completion · timeline · milestone · timetable · schedule · delay
last-minute
Just before deadline
panic · cramming · improvised · slapdash · frantic · nick-of-time · clutch · firefighting · pressure-cooker · make-do
pivotal
Vitally important, deciding
key · momentous · determining · final · last-ditch · clutch · game-changing · make-or-break
emergency
Serious sudden danger
- desperateDriven by urgent need
- direExtremely serious or urgent
- criticalExpressing disapproval or importance
pressing · exigent · expedite · immediate · acute · triage · crisis · SOS · do-or-die · life-or-death
cutoff
Point of termination
submission · countdown · finalization · completion · timeline · milestone · timetable · schedule · delay · crunch-time
- time pressurerush, against the clock, rushed, clock is ticking, urgency
eleventh-hourearly
Occurring before expected
ahead of time · advance · beforehand · in advance · premature
eleventh-hourwell-planned
Arranged with forethought
proactive · premeditated · deliberate · methodical · prepared
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