final curtain
noun
: the last time a curtain is lowered at the end of a performance
The audience applauded enthusiastically after the final curtain.
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By the final curtain, that persuasive mission, as even the most scowling purist will admit, has been accomplished.
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Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2025
Pop icon Johnny Mathis is ready for his final curtain call.
—Edward Segarra, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2025
For her final curtain call, Menzel returned to New York City's Gershwin Theatre and gave a bow wearing a red Adidas tracksuit.
—Catherine Santino, People.com, 24 Mar. 2025
Perhaps a soft vignette or fade to black, or a final curtain over the whole thing.
—Steffi Cao, The Atlantic, 19 Jan. 2025
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Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2025
Pop icon Johnny Mathis is ready for his final curtain call.
—Edward Segarra, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2025
For her final curtain call, Menzel returned to New York City's Gershwin Theatre and gave a bow wearing a red Adidas tracksuit.
—Catherine Santino, People.com, 24 Mar. 2025
Perhaps a soft vignette or fade to black, or a final curtain over the whole thing.
—Steffi Cao, The Atlantic, 19 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for final curtain
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“Final curtain.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/final%20curtain. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.
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