the last minute

Meaning

1. Oxford89% of films

   the latest possible time before an important event

   They hired this fucking kid at the last minute.

In the movies · 27

• Then at the last minute, surprise! Look who's a daddy.Zero Effect1998
• They hired this fucking kid at the last minute.A Star Is Born2018
• Cancelled at the last minute. Pity we hurried as we did, Angela.The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp1943
• At the last minute dive rollJurassic World Dominion2022
• in the last minute and a half?The Grand Budapest Hotel2014
• You plan your life down to the last minute.The Princess Switch2018
• Little hero saves the day at the last minute, right?A History of Violence2005
• Where'd you get a tux at the last minute?10 Things I Hate About You1999

Learn it in full scenes

• A Star Is Born2018
  • Jack Crashes the Drag Bar
  • Jackson Meets Ally at the Drag Bar
  • Jackson Tells Ally She's Talented
• The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp1943
  • War Starts at Midnight
  • The Home Guard Exercise Turns Real
  • General Wynne-Candy Is Taken Prisoner

From the same entry

• be on your last legs
• the day, week, month, before last
• every last
• have the last laugh
• in the last resort
• your last gasp
• a last resort
• the last word
• in the final analysis
• his last breath
• famous last words
• at long last

More idioms

• to death
• would rather
• be no good
• good for you
• in other words
• too bad
• depending on
• take the wrong way
• out of the blue
• in particular
• you hear
• in the morning