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Antonyms for last out

Grammar : Noun
Spell : last, lahst
Phonetic Transcription : læst, lɑst

Definition of last out

Origin :
  • "following all others," from Old English latost (adj.) and lætest (adv.), superlative of læt (see late). Cognate with Old Frisian lest, Dutch laatst, Old High German laggost, German letzt. Meaning "most recent" is from c.1200. The noun, "last person or thing," is c.1200, from the adjective. Last hurrah is from the title of Edwin O'Connor's 1956 novel. Last word "final, definitive statement" is from 1650s. A dying person's last words so called by 1740. As an adjective, last-minute attested from 1913. Last-chance (adj.) is from 1962.
  • As in demise : noun fate, usually death
Example sentences :
  • The man who is the last out and the first in when all hands are called.
  • Extract from : « The Nigger Of The "Narcissus" » by Joseph Conrad
  • With these and the lamps we may have sufficient light to last out our trip.
  • Extract from : « The River of Darkness » by William Murray Graydon
  • You once said he could not last out a certain twenty-four-hour race.
  • Extract from : « From the Car Behind » by Eleanor M. Ingram
  • He knew the food could not last out, and was saving his rations for the time of emergency.
  • Extract from : « Colorado Jim » by George Goodchild
  • “I only hope I can last out until I get home,” 172 he went on.
  • Extract from : « The Radio Boys at the Sending Station » by Allen Chapman
  • He has been long in contempt, and at last out of money, and then men cry 'alas!'
  • Extract from : « Microcosmography » by John Earle
  • There was not enough to last out the voyage, but we had guns and powder.
  • Extract from : « Fast in the Ice » by R.M. Ballantyne
  • Food must be gathered and stored, enough to last out the long winter.
  • Extract from : « Planet of the Damned » by Harry Harrison
  • The doctors, however, had pronounced him at last out of danger.
  • Extract from : « In the Track of the Troops » by R.M. Ballantyne
  • She was delighted to have irritated him at last out of his calmness.
  • Extract from : « The Limit » by Ada Leverson

Synonyms for last out

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