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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There was no last call, no announcement, just one agent in particular that caused all the panic on both occasions (the first time being a over a full 40 minutes before departure) and was quite rude in his demeanor toward us and other passengers.
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Darlin Tillery, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 May 2025
Minutes after her last call to her sisters, Trent crashed her car into a concrete traffic island, dying at the scene.
—Ronan Farrow, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
That last call came about two weeks after the election.
—Emily Brooks, The Hill, 13 Mar. 2025
In a statement provided to Rolling Stone, Semisonic reacted to seeing their song about a tipsy last call repurposed as nativist propaganda.
—Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 17 Mar. 2025
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Darlin Tillery, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 May 2025
Minutes after her last call to her sisters, Trent crashed her car into a concrete traffic island, dying at the scene.
—Ronan Farrow, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
That last call came about two weeks after the election.
—Emily Brooks, The Hill, 13 Mar. 2025
In a statement provided to Rolling Stone, Semisonic reacted to seeing their song about a tipsy last call repurposed as nativist propaganda.
—Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 17 Mar. 2025
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“Last call.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/last%20call. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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