at the last moment

Meaning

at the last moment

Synonym of at the last minute.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

at length someday at last last minute in the nick of time belatedly

Antonyms

firstly in advance ahead of time too soon

Examples

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

Words in the phrase

at the last moment

Close letter words and terms

at the last count at the last gasp at the last minute at the last possible minute at the last possible moment at the last second