"at the last moment" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase}} at the last moment
  1. Synonym of at the last minute. Synonyms: at the last minute [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-at_the_last_moment-en-prep_phrase-daDtEw1B Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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