Word forms: plural last hurrahs. countable noun [usu sing] Someone's last hurrah is the last occasion on which they do something, especially at the end of their career. I haven't even begun to think about quitting, or having a last hurrah, or allowing my career to wind down.
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8 days ago · noun. : a final often valedictory effort, production, or appearance. his unsuccessful Senate run was his last hurrah R. W. Daly.
Someone or something's last hurrah is their last period of influence or power: This huge, unfinished building represents the last hurrah of the former regime.
noun · a politician's final campaign. · any final attempt, competition, performance, success, or the like: his last hurrah as a college football star.
a final performance or effort (especially before retirement)
OED's earliest evidence for last hurrah is from 1960, in Delta Democrat-Times (Greenville, Mississippi). last hurrah is formed within English, by compounding.
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(idiomatic) A final act (by a politician, etc.) or performance (by an actor, etc.) that marks the end of a career. (idiomatic) Any final effort or performance.