Eleventh hour
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A point in time which is nearly too late; the last minute. countable, idiomatic, uncountable
"If she repented, though at the eleventh hour, it was not too late."
- 2 the latest possible moment wordnet
Example
More examples"If she repented, though at the eleventh hour, it was not too late."
Etymology
From a parable in the Bible of workmen hired at the eleventh hour (that is, late in the day), known as the Parable of the Workers of the Eleventh Hour or the Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard: * King James Bible, Matthew 20:6 & 20:9: *: And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle? … And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny.