Daily life
at the last minute
just before the deadline
If you do something at the last minute, you do it just before it is due or before something happens.
Hear it in real life
When did you decide to leave?
At the last minute, after my manager approved my holiday.
I bought my ticket at the last minute and had to pay extra.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: We changed the venue in the last minute.
Say: We changed the venue at the last minute.
Use the preposition “at,” not “in,” in this fixed time phrase.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
do something at the last minute; change something at the last minute
Your turn: say it out loud
I bought my ticket at the last minute and had to pay extra.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
at the last minute
just before the deadline
“I bought my ticket at the last minute and had to pay extra.”
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