last minute
Just before deadline
Last minute refers to the final moments before a deadline or event, when time has nearly run out.
It typically carries a sense of urgency or procrastination: We made last-minute changes to the proposal, She's always a last-minute shopper.
As an adverb phrase: He decided at the last minute not to go.
- eleventh hourLatest possible time
- crunch timeHigh-pressure final stretch
- lateNot on time
- high timeWhen delay becomes urgent
- deadlineTime limit for completion
urgency · instant · final · zero hour · moment · just in time · beating the clock · second · hail mary · race against time · time crunch · rush · photo finish · final stretch · countdown · panic · ticking clock · hurry
- suspensesuspense, suspenseful, tension, nail-biter, nail-biting
- Down to the Wirenail-biter, photo finish, close call, eleventh hour, crunch time
- Quick Decisionssnap judgment, gut feeling, impulse buy, quick pick, on the fly
- time wordshour, day, now, soon, today
- hotelshotel staff, hotel room, accommodations, hotelier, innkeeper
- productivityproductivity, checking off, prioritization, finishing, output
last minuteahead of time
Before something is due
in advance · early · well-planned · beforehand · premeditated
last minutewell-planned
Arranged with forethought
deliberate · premeditated · leisurely · unhurried · methodical
last, minute, lasting, latest, lately, minutes, lasts, lastly, latter