last call
noun
US
: the time when the customers in a place where drinks are sold (such as a bar) are told that they can order one more drink before it closes
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During the 2024 legislative session, Tipton's version of the bill needed just one last call to the floor, one final thumbs up from House members.
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Stephanie Kuzydym, The Courier-Journal, 3 July 2025
Your mouth will be full of gauze or cotton balls and your eyes will be half-closed like last call at a sports bar.
—Dave Schilling, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2025
Although 9-1-1: Lone Star has answered its last call, Rob Lowe is ready to get back in the field as Captain Owen Strand.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 12 June 2025
That last call resulted in a message recording the chaotic scene surrounding the discovery of O’Keefe’s body in the snow on the front yard of 34 Fairview Road in Canton.
—Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 7 May 2025
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Stephanie Kuzydym, The Courier-Journal, 3 July 2025
Your mouth will be full of gauze or cotton balls and your eyes will be half-closed like last call at a sports bar.
—Dave Schilling, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2025
Although 9-1-1: Lone Star has answered its last call, Rob Lowe is ready to get back in the field as Captain Owen Strand.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 12 June 2025
That last call resulted in a message recording the chaotic scene surrounding the discovery of O’Keefe’s body in the snow on the front yard of 34 Fairview Road in Canton.
—Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 7 May 2025
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“Last call.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/last%20call. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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