Meaning of last word | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The finest, highest, or ultimate representative of some class of objects.
   idiomatic
2. A concluding remark; final advice, instructions, or observation.
   idiomatic
3. The final statement uttered by a person before death.
   often, sarcastic
4. A final decision or remark, or the right to make one.
   idiomatic

Equivalents

Examples

“Little Joe's mother's cake was the last word in cakes; [...]”

“Michaelis was the last word in what was caddish and bounderish.”

“["]I have got my leave, and that is all I want." / "You had better receive the last word from my mother," said the marquis. / "Very good; I will go and get it," said Newman; and he prepared to return to the drawing-room.”

“[W]hen we had grasped hands for the last time and had said our last good-bye, he added this one more last word: "Of all the people I have ever known you are the only one I don't know."”

“Benjamin Franklin [...] pondered over his last words for as much as two weeks, and then when the time came, he said, "None but the brave deserve the fair," and died happy.”

“This account I am transmitting down the river by canoe, and it may be our last word to those who are interested in our fate.”

“have the last word”

“get the last word”

“An Afghan Olympic official said the team holds the right to substitute Andyar with another female athlete, though the IOC would have the last word.”

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