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Discover LudwigThe phrase "one last ditch effort" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a final attempt to achieve something, especially when previous attempts have failed.
Example: "After several unsuccessful attempts to fix the issue, the team decided to make one last ditch effort to resolve it before the deadline."
Alternatives: "final attempt" or "last resort".
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For one last ditch effort, Jenn said the lyrics as she got down on one knee in front of an older man with grey hair and a cane.
Meanwhile, Vice Dean Laybourne (guest star John Goodman) makes one last ditch effort to win Troy (Donald Glover) over to his Air Conditioning Repair Annex.
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The current run on gasmasks and other protective clothing is just one last-ditch effort to haul themselves back into the driving seat.
Desire still burns bright at the E.P.A., which reportedly intends to make one last-ditch effort to weaken the rules requiring new pollution controls on upgraded plants.
Nick makes one last-ditch effort to make a baby, through a freelance "surrogacy broker" named Lyle Kibbee.
He almost abandoned two especially tricky vertices, which couldn't be made to coöperate, but past his deadline he made one last-ditch effort.
One last-ditch effort at counseling is made, but it too apparently fails.
So now, I made one last-ditch effort and reached out to a handsome 20-year-old filmmaker.
I decided to pitch one last-ditch campaign.
"He was in the Reliable Source in today's Washington Post," says one friend as a last ditch effort.
On June 17 , 2008 in a last ditch effort to save Randy Forbes's H. Res.
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