last thing
idiom
1
: after everything else
Heat the vegetables last thing so that they don't get cold.
2
: very late
I'll be back last thing (on) Monday night.
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And then, suddenly, that last thing got fixed.
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Alex Edelman, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2025
One last thing to note: the sheer passion of the Canadiens fan base as the only team to garner over 1,000 survey responses.
—Dom Luszczyszyn, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025
But there’s one last thing Holthouser has to check off his agenda to be able to sleep.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2025
But the next to last thing New Yorkers need are cops who don’t think the mayor has their backs.
—Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 3 Aug. 2025
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Alex Edelman, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2025
One last thing to note: the sheer passion of the Canadiens fan base as the only team to garner over 1,000 survey responses.
—Dom Luszczyszyn, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025
But there’s one last thing Holthouser has to check off his agenda to be able to sleep.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2025
But the next to last thing New Yorkers need are cops who don’t think the mayor has their backs.
—Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 3 Aug. 2025
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“Last thing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/last%20thing. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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