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last

(from something) until something to endure from one point in time to another. The meeting lasted from noon until midnight. The party lasted until the food ran out. the last hurrah Fig. a final appearance, as at the end of one's career; the last time for doing something. Tom is retiring, and we are having a little party as his last hurrah right now. He won't be here the next time you visit our offices.

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• a last hurrah
• about last night...
• as a last resort
• at (long) last
• at last
• at long last
• at the last gasp
• at the last minute
• bad egg
• be (one's) last resort
• be on (its/one's) last legs
• be on its last legs
• be on last legs
• be the last person
• be the last word in
• before last
• breathe last
• breathe one's last
• Custer's last stand
• dead last
• down to the last detail
• draw (one's) last breath
• each and every one
• every last
• every last one
• every man jack
• fall at the last hurdle
• famous last words
• first and last
• from first to last
• get in the last word
• have heard the last of
• have the final say
• have the final word
• have the last laugh
• He who laughs last, laughs longest
• head for
• head for the last roundup
• hear the last of
• in the final analysis
• in the last analysis
• It is the last straw that breaks the camel's back
• It was fun while it lasted
• last
• last burst of fire
• last but not least
• last call
• last chance (for/at/to do something)
• last fling
• last for
• last gasp
• last hurrah
• last laugh
• last laugh, have the
• last licks
• last out
• last resort
• last roundup
• last straw
• last straw, the
• Last Supper
• last thing
• last trump
• last will and testament
• last word
• last word, the
• last-ditch
• last-ditch attempt
• last-ditch effort
• last-gasp
• last-minute
• Let the cobbler stick to his last
• Nice guys finish last
• on its last legs
• on last legs
• on one’s last legs
• on one's last legs
• one's last resting place
• pay (one's) last respects
• see the last of
• so last year
• stick to one's last
• the final straw
• the last gasp of
• the last minute
• the last of the big spenders
• the last of the lot
• the last thing (one) needs
• the last thing (one) wants
• the last word in
• the/(one's) last breath
• to the last
• until the last dog is hung
• very last
• what did your last slave die of