at the last minute

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪnɪt

Prepositional phrase

at the last minute

1. (idiomatic) Very close to a deadline or potential crucial event.

   Synonym: at the last moment

   At the last minute, he refused to approve the plan.

   At the last minute, the hero regained consciousness and rolled out of the path of the tank.

Translations

very close to a deadline

• French: de dernière minute, à la dernière minute (fr), au dernier moment (fr)
• German: in letzter Minute
• Polish: w ostatniej chwili
• Portuguese: em cima da hora (literally “on top of the hour”), no último instante, ao apagar das luzes (literally “when the light were about to go out”)
• Romanian: în ultimul moment
• Spanish: a última hora, en el último momento

References

• “at the last minute”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.