late in the day en · ADJ
Meanings
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Too late, or almost too late; belated.
It appeared to him to be rather late in the day to bring in a Bill of this sort. We had gone on hitherto without the machinery which it proposed […]
1865, Hansard's Parliamentary Debates, page 841:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most late in the day | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more late in the day | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Relateds
a day after the fair · close the stable door after the horse has bolted