Last ditch
Pinch and last ditch are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Pinch" instead a noun phrase "Last ditch".
Pinch
Pinch noun - An instance of theft.
Last ditch and pinch are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Last ditch" instead a noun "Pinch".
Both terms in one sentence
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Thanks to a last ditch effort by The Hero (with a pinch of Deus ex Machina), the comet is destroyed.
Source: Gainax Ending
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