every last
Definition of every last
—used as a more forceful way of saying every He ate every last cookie.
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: being each individual or part of a group without exception
: being each in a series or succession
: being all taken severally
: to continue in time
: to remain fresh or unimpaired : endure
: to manage to continue (as in a course of action)
: a form (as of metal or plastic) which is shaped like the human foot and over which a shoe is shaped or repaired
: to shape with a last
: after all others : at the end
: most lately
: in conclusion
: following all the rest
: being the only remaining
: belonging to the final stage (as of life)
: something that is last
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