Head
Head noun - A time or state of affairs requiring prompt or decisive action.
Usage example: the security issue came to a head when an employee was robbed in broad daylight in the company parking lot
Last minute and head are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Last minute" instead a noun "Head".
Last minute
Last minute noun - The latest possible moment.
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Synonyms for Last minute
Head and last minute are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Head" instead a noun phrase "Last minute".
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Both terms in one sentence
- This can go one of two ways: He might chicken out at the last minute and head for the hills, making him a Miles Gloriosus.
Source: Nobody Calls Me "Chicken"! -
A last minute change of heart leaves him stranded in the middle of the pool with his head barely above water.
Source: Bungled Suicide - The Interpreter has the main character break into a UN panic room and try to murder a head of state with a gun (though she desisted at the last minute).
Source: Wrongful Accusation Insurance
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