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noun (often, at the eleventh hour or in the eleventh hour)
  1. (idiom) nearly too late; the last minute
    Do not wait until the to begin the assignment.
Translations: 
    adjective , eleventh-hour
    1. very late; at the last minute
    The judge issued an extension.
    Etymology: From the Bible story of workmen hired at the eleventh hour (ie. late in the day).: about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle — w:King James Bible, King James Bible, Matthew 20:9

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