Last-minute
Last-minute adjective - Just before a deadline; at the last minute.
Too late and last-minute are semantically related in not on time topic. In some cases you can use "Too late" instead an adjective phrase "Last-minute".
Too late
Last-minute and too late are semantically related in not on time topic. Sometimes you can use "Last-minute" instead an adjective phrase "Too late".
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Another team suffered from this, but just about managed to pull off last-minute saves from their mistakes — until their dungeoneer found an amulet which rendered him invisible, so they didn't realise they'd guided him over the edge of a cliff until it was too late.
Source: Series / Knightmare -
The Slaughterry is a fight to the death before the last five turns, around the point in the game where the action is at its lowest; too late for them to still have the adrenaline rush from the first several turns, too early for them to be making last-minute moves to impact the results.
Source: Lets Play / R.L. Yoshi
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Too late and Last-minute. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 02, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/last-minute/too_late
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