last roundup
A final gathering of people or items; the final event in a series of events involving a group or organization.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
“This meeting is the last roundup for our project team.”
“We gather for a last roundup before the office closes forever.”
“The coach calls for a last roundup on the field today.”
“The retiring professor invited his former students to a last roundup before he officially closed his laboratory.”
“The band members decided to play one last roundup at the local pub where they first started performing together twenty years ago.”
“Before moving to different cities for university, the group of friends organized a last roundup at their favorite summer camp.”
“The charity organizers invited all the volunteers to a last roundup to thank them for their hard work during the holiday season.”
“As the sun set on the final day of the conference, the organizers gathered the delegates for one last roundup to celebrate their collective achievements.”
The term originates as an allusion to the practice of herding cattle into a group for counting, branding, or transport. It draws its imagery from the physical gathering of livestock.
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breathe one's last
To die.
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cobbler, keep to your last
One should not criticise matters outside one's field of expertise; one should mind one's business.
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dead last
Finishing in last place in a competition or ranking, often by a considerable margin to the next to last place finisher or after an exceptionally poor showing or season.
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draw one's last breath
To die.
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every last
every; without exception (used for emphasis).
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fall at the last hurdle
To fail near the end of an activity, a project, etc.
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first and last
A person's combined given name and surname.
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have seen one's last gum tree
Of a person, on the edge of death.
Last updated August 10, 2026