LAST GASP meaning: Final effort before failure, end

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last-gasp, last gasp: Merriam-Webster
last-gasp: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
last-gasp: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
last-gasp, last-gasp: Collins English Dictionary
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Last-gasp, last-gasp: Wordnik
last-gasp: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
last-gasp, last gasp: Wiktionary
last-gasp, last gasp: Dictionary.com
Last Gasp (Inside No. 9): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
last gasp: Mnemonic Dictionary
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last gasp: FreeDictionary.org
Last Gasp: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
last gasp: Rhymezone

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last gasp, the last gasp: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (last gasp)

▸ noun:  The last gasp or breath a person takes before death.
▸ noun:  (by extension) The point of death, or the last period of one's life.
▸ noun:  (figurative) A last-gasp moment, attempt, etc.

Opposite:

first breath, beginning, start, inception

Types:

death rattle, dying breath, more...

Phrases:

at the last gasp, the last gasp, more...

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