Where did the phrase "last ditch effort" originate?

Answer 1

Describing a desperate final measure. The last ditch was, in military terms, the last line of defense. The term had begun to be used figuratively by the eighteenth century, when Thomas Jefferson wrote, 'A government driven to the last ditch by the universal call for liberty.' Similarly, to 'die in the last ditch' means to resist to the end; it dates from the early 1700s." From "Fighting Words: from War, Rebellion, and Other Combative Capers" by Christine Ammer (NTC Publishing Group, Chicago, 1999).

Answer 2

Last Ditch Effort Origin

Answer 3

A battle fought or waged with desperation from the last ditch as opposed from the first ditch?

"last-ditch -- 'There's one certain means by which I can be sure never to see my country's ruin: I will die in the last ditch." William of Orange (c. 1677).

Describing a desperate final measure. The last ditch was, in military terms, the last line of defense. The term had begun to be used figuratively by the eighteenth century, when Thomas Jefferson wrote, 'A government driven to the last ditch by the universal call for liberty.' Similarly, to 'die in the last ditch' means to resist to the end; it dates from the early 1700s." From "Fighting Words: from War, Rebellion, and Other Combative Capers" by Christine Ammer (NTC Publishing Group, Chicago, 1999).

Answer 4

This Site Might Help You.

RE:
Where did the phrase "last ditch effort" originate?

Answer 5

The defense of castles

The Last Ditch was the final line of defense before the forces overwhelmed you or you defeated them

Answer 6

i don't know.....