last chance
Now or never
A last chance is a final opportunity before options run out.
The phrase implies no further attempts will be possible—or permitted: This is your last chance to apologize.
It often carries urgency or warning: Last chance to buy tickets before they sell out.
A last-chance effort is a desperate, all-or-nothing attempt.
- ultimatumNon-negotiable final terms
- final strawLimit-exceeding final burden
- endgameConcluding phase of competition
- deadlineTime limit for completion
- gambleStake on uncertain outcome
brink · ticking clock · buzzer beater · final · now or never · make or break · hail mary · urgency · salvation · hope · shot in the dark · crossroads · do or die · sink or swim · all or nothing · eleventh hour · expiration · brinkmanship
- closeout salesliquidation, closeout, store closing, going out of business, everything must go
- desperate measuresdesperate plea, desperation move, final stand, grasp at straws, hail mary
- opportunitygolden opportunity, window of opportunity, opportunity knocks, once in a lifetime, big break
- urgencyurgent, urgently, emergency, ASAP, stat
- disciplinemisconduct, violation, time-out, timeout, grounded
- High Stakesdo-or-die, do or die, make-or-break, make or break, life or death
last chancesecond chance
Renewed opportunity after failure
first try · fresh start · new beginning · do-over · second try
last chanceno pressure
Reassurance of low stakes
low stakes · practice run · trial run · safety net · dry run
last, chance, lasting, chances, everlasting, lastly, lasted, outlast, chancy