The coup attempt was foiled at the last moment.とは 意味・読み方・使い方

A pinch hitter was brought into action in the last inning.

I was badly held up [seriously delayed] on the way.

The situation was fast deteriorating.

I barely managed to make the deadline.

We were forced to issue [send] an ultimatum.

The coup was meticulously executed.

In a twinkling the figure vanished completely.

The clapping died down [thinned out].

The exchange of heated argument continued for hours.

The curtain fell on a merry scene.

The plot was nipped in the bud.

The story was interrupted and never resumed.

That wind blew out our last candle.

I missed out on getting a place right at the last minute.

The word slipped out of my mouth.

The discussions ended in midair.

The final walkthrough was performed quite well.

Thrown into confusion, they began attacking those on their own side.

The cease‐fire was sounded.

I decided to wait patiently for the result.

to make a final struggle

The culprit was caught at last by the combined efforts of several men.

I put him in his place [put him down] in front of everybody.

The voice of the last cuckoo faded into a universal stillness.

It was unanimously decided [agreed on] that we (should) start at once.

He persisted in denying all knowledge of it to the very last.

I almost felt the bullet strike home.

He was caught spying and was hanged for it.

I pulled that rope with all my might.

The party froze to death as a result of extreme fatigue.