Meaning of parting gift | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A gift given to someone who is leaving; a leaving present.
2. An offering given, usually as a consolation prize, to a person who is not the ultimate winner of a contest. Often used in a game show for contestants who are not the grand prize winner.
3. A final attack or insult by a departing enemy.

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Examples

“Like a game show contestant with a parting gift. I could not believe my eyes. - Blues Traveler, Runaround”

“In the air, some aircraft are using their loads of small 100-pound bombs and their gun armament to try and disrupt or detonate torpedoes launched by Japanese destroyers and cruisers as parting gifts, with some degree of success.”

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