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last hurrah

last hur·rah
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [last, lahst huh-rah, -raw]
    • /læst, lɑst həˈrɑ, -ˈrɔ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [last, lahst huh-rah, -raw]
    • /læst, lɑst həˈrɑ, -ˈrɔ/

Definitions of last hurrah words

  • noun last hurrah a politician's final campaign. 1
  • noun last hurrah any final attempt, competition, performance, success, or the like: his last hurrah as a college football star. 1
  • countable noun last hurrah Someone's last hurrah is the last occasion on which they do something, especially at the end of their career. 0
  • noun last hurrah a final attempt or appearance, as in politics 0
  • noun last hurrah A final act (by a politician etc.) or performance (by an actor etc.) that marks the end of a career. 0

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Parts of speech for Last hurrah

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

last hurrah popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 37% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 59% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

last hurrah usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for last hurrah

noun last hurrah

  • farewellCape, a cape in S Greenland: most southerly point of Greenland.
  • adieu — Adieu means the same as goodbye.
  • climax — The climax of something is the most exciting or important moment in it, usually near the end.
  • conclusion — When you come to a conclusion, you decide that something is true after you have thought about it carefully and have considered all the relevant facts.
  • culmination — Something, especially something important, that is the culmination of an activity, process, or series of events happens at the end of it.

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