last wordnoun [ S ]
uk/ˌlɑːst ˈwɜːd/us/ˌlæst ˈwɝːd/the final remark in an argument or discussion:
You're not going, Helena, and that's my last word on the matter.
She always has to have the last word (= win the argument).
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Remarks & remarking
- air
- backbite
- backbiting
- bon mot
- comment
- compliment
- externalize
- innuendo
- line
- mot juste
- observation
- one
- parenthesis
- parting shot
- platitude
- remark
- remark on sth
- riposte
- shaft
- the one about idiom
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Idiom(s)
be the last word in sth