Meaning of last man standing | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The final person remaining in a battle or competition after everyone else has been eliminated.
   countable
2. A multiplayer deathmatch gameplay mode in which the last surviving player is the winner.
   uncountable

Examples

“One contestant will be eliminated at the end of every round. The last man standing wins $1,000,000.”

““Good idea,” Robbo said. “I'm sure there are going to be more rounds in this fight. It's a matter of who wins the last round because there are no judges awarding points here. Last man standing is the winner.””

“Like The Last of the Mohicans, The Last Samurai criticizes the “sickness of greed.” The Mohicans and the samurai are lost, but principles of theirs can survive because the last man standing is white, like us, and we can lean from him, if we are willing to “face life.””

““So you're saying this fund did well. If they reinvested some of the profits into additional shares, then the profits have continued to grow,” Kate stated. “And when you're talking about winner takes all,” Sykes said, “the last man standing is going to have a very, very nice payout.””

“In Last Man Standing mode, you are in an arena with the other player, but you cannot directly attack one another. Instead, you must fight the enemies, and the player who fights the best and survives the longest, wins.”

““Remember that last-man-standing mode they had for a while?” she asked as they goofed around in the rally locationwhile waiting for the next match to begin. “The one where it was, like, twenty teams on one map? Last team standing wins? Battleground Mode, or whatever?””

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