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(the) last someone heard

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Definition of (the) last someone heard

: the most recent information someone has heard is that
  • "Where's Hank these days?" "(The) Last anyone heard, he was living in New York."

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last play

  1. : to continue in time

  2. : to remain fresh or unimpaired : endure

  3. : to manage to continue (as in a course of action)

  1. : a form (as of metal or plastic) which is shaped like the human foot and over which a shoe is shaped or repaired

  1. : to shape with a last

  1. : after all others : at the end

  2. : most lately

  3. : in conclusion

  1. : following all the rest

  2. : being the only remaining

  3. : belonging to the final stage (as of life)

  1. : something that is last

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someone play

  1. : some person : somebody

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