last-ditch

a last-ditch attempt to solve a problem is the final attempt that you make after you have failed several times to solve it (always before noun) The gesture has been seen by many as a last-ditch attempt to win voters. The UN is trying to secure talks between the two sides in a last-ditch effort to avert war.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Vercingetorix	wer-keeng-GE-to-reeks (Ancient Roman), vur-sin-JET-ə-riks (English)	Ancient Celtic
Jacobson	['dʒeikəbsn]
Sophea	-	Khmer
Fiona	[fi'əunə]
Isiah	ie-ZIE-ə	English
Cynesige	-	Anglo-Saxon