LAST WORD Definition & Meaning

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last word

the closing remark or comment, as in an argument:
By the rules of debate she would have the last word.
a final or definitive work, statement, etc.:
This report is the last word on the treatment of arthritis.
the latest, most modern thing:
Casual hairdos are the last word this season.

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First recorded in 1880–85

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But the battle would be costly, and even a victory in this particular case might not be the last word.

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“His last words from the hospital last night were, ‘Brig, I just want to go home.’

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"The last words she said to me were, 'thank you Mrs Smith'."

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Those were the last words that John George ever said to his family.

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He may wanted to have had the last word at the end of a dramatic and difficult weekend.

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