last orders
noun
British
: the time when the customers in a place where drinks are sold (such as a pub) are told that they can order one more drink before it closes
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On Monday, Jake revealed that Big Talk, known for BBC/Prime Video comedy The Outlaws and many others, has tapped CBS Studios for the rights to remake iconic sitcom Cheers, 30 years after Ted Danson rang the bell for last orders in America.
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Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 4 Oct. 2024
Thirty years after Cheers’ last orders, Big Talk has enlisted Simon Nye, the British writer known for Men Behaving Badly and The Durrells, to adapt the series for a UK audience.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 1 Oct. 2024
These days, there are fewer people sticking around for last orders — their last chance to buy a drink before the bar shuts — and that’s dulling the city’s spirit.
—Anna Cooban, CNN, 6 Apr. 2024
Disney Movie Club users will have until May 20th to place their last orders, and Disney will officially end the service on July 20th.
—Amrita Khalid, The Verge, 20 Feb. 2024
Hit by a stubborn cost-of-living crisis and post-pandemic economic woes, 383 London pubs called for last orders in the first six months of 2023, compared with 380 in all of 2022.
—Charlotte Lytton, Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2024
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Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 4 Oct. 2024
Thirty years after Cheers’ last orders, Big Talk has enlisted Simon Nye, the British writer known for Men Behaving Badly and The Durrells, to adapt the series for a UK audience.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 1 Oct. 2024
These days, there are fewer people sticking around for last orders — their last chance to buy a drink before the bar shuts — and that’s dulling the city’s spirit.
—Anna Cooban, CNN, 6 Apr. 2024
Disney Movie Club users will have until May 20th to place their last orders, and Disney will officially end the service on July 20th.
—Amrita Khalid, The Verge, 20 Feb. 2024
Hit by a stubborn cost-of-living crisis and post-pandemic economic woes, 383 London pubs called for last orders in the first six months of 2023, compared with 380 in all of 2022.
—Charlotte Lytton, Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2024
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“Last orders.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/last%20orders. Accessed 23 Jul. 2025.
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