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last-gasp
noun
(modifier) done in desperation at the last minute
a last-gasp attempt to save the talks
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Idioms and Phrases
The moment before death; also, the end. For example, “Fight till the last gasp” (Shakespeare, 1 Henry VI, 1:2), or He was determined to stay at the party until the last gasp. This idiom alludes to taking one's last breath, literally (first example) or figuratively (second example). [Late 1500s]
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Some here fear it's on its last gasp.
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And in the last gasps of a season that once seemed destined for something special, that was a particularly difficult pill for Smith and her teammates to swallow.
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Many hoped that night’s statement was the last gasp of Trumpian lies and hyperbole.
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Kicking back to watch purplish and pink sunset colors arc over the sky while the last gasps of alpenglow fade from Mount Adams felt like a classic Northwest rural tableau.
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This is a last gasp of men who, unable to justify their sexism in any way, must resort to brute force.
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