eleventh-hour

See also: eleventh hour

English

Alternative forms

• eleventh hour (noun)

Adjective

eleventh-hour (not comparable)

1. (idiomatic) Just before the moment that it is too late; in the nick of time; last-minute.
   • 2008 November 5, Bryan Walsh, “George W. Bush's Last Environmental Stand”, in Time:

     Eleventh-hour executive changes are not unique to this outgoing Administration — President Bill Clinton launched a number himself before leaving office.

   • 2018, Nicole Seymour, “Acknowledgments”, in Bad Environmentalism, page 236:

     Cal State Fullerton students Chenglin Lee and Samuel Ortiz saved me with eleventh-hour bibliographic assistance.