last-ditch
Betekenis (Engels)
Final, as a last resort; done in desperation.
Sinonieme
Vertalings
Frekwensie
Etimologie (Engels)
Popularized and given its current sense through an 1847 translation by Agnes Strickland of a quote attributed to William of Orange during the French invasion of 1672 on his being advised to surrender Holland to Louis XIV: "No, I mean to die in the last ditch."
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