at the last moment
Synonym of at the last minute.
On sand, you can never be sure of anything. An ordinary shot can take a wicked deflection at the last moment. Eric Cantona
The governments of the present day have to deal not merely with other governments, with emperors, kings and ministers, but also with the secret societies which have everywhere their unscrupulous agents, and can at the last moment upset all the governments' plans. Benjamin Disraeli
One October day in 1976, a Cuban airliner exploded over the Caribbean and crashed, killing all 73 people aboard. There should have been 74. I had a ticket on that flight, but changed my reservation at the last moment and flew to Havana on an earlier plane. Stephen Kinzer
Better use medicines at the outset than at the last moment. Publilius Syrus