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last word

idiom

The finest, highest, or ultimate representative of some class of objects.


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  1. 01

    bad word

    A vulgar word.

  2. 02

    breathe a word

    To divulge even part of a secret (usually used with a negative).

  3. 03

    breathe one's last

    To die.

  4. 04

    cobbler, keep to your last

    One should not criticise matters outside one's field of expertise; one should mind one's business.

  5. 05

    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.

  6. 06

    Dicky

    [Cockney slang]word

    via dickie bird

  7. 07

    dirty word

    The name of a topic that a person prefers not to hear or discuss.

  8. 08

    draw one's last breath

    To die.

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