1. last-ditch - Adjective
2. last-ditch - Adjective Satellite
of something done as a final recourse (especially to prevent a crisis or disaster)
Source: WordNetlast ditch
Good taste is the first refuge of the non-creative. It is the last-ditch stand of the artist. Marshall McLuhan
Sensing the approaching danger, the snail flees. But in a world of snail paces, the conch is something of a Ferrari. It calls for desperate measures. Exhausted by the effort of its last-ditch attempt, the tulip snail is slowly... gunned... down. David Attenborough
I say if Germany be allowed to win this war - then we in America shall have to drop every other activity and devote the next twenty or thirty years to preparing for a last-ditch defence of the democratic principle. Upton Sinclair
a last-ditch attempt Source: Internet
After Ibn Hud's death in 1238, some of the Andalusian cities, in a last-ditch effort to save themselves, offered themselves once again to the Almohads, but to no avail. Source: Internet
A last ditch attempt to delay the introduction of unpopular green waste charges in June will be launched by opposition councilors later this month. Source: Internet