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Meaning of last chance saloon | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

/ˌlɑːs(t)tʃɑːns səˈluːn/

Definitions

A saloon located at the end of a road or the outskirts of a town.
US, Western, historical
A place that one is said to inhabit when facing an imminent disaster with diminishing or limited remaining opportunities to avoid it; a last chance to take action.
British, figuratively

Examples

“Unless we find a million pounds by Monday, the company will go bust. We really are in the last chance saloon.”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

last chicken in the shop last common ancestor last dance last eight last four last frontier