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last gasp

noun last gasps

  1. The final gasp or breath a person takes before death. Now the murdered man is drawing his last gasp.
  2. broadly The point of death, or the last period of one's life. Such as feare God shall be strengthened to stand against all assaults of Satan; yea they shal continue and stand stedfast vnto the end, euen to the last gasp.
  3. figuratively The point at which something disappears or is destroyed; a last-gasp moment, attempt, etc. Me thinks, (my Lord) you are grown something solemn on the sudden; since your Monopolies and Patents, which made your purse swell like a wet spunge, have been reduc’d to th’ last gasp.

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noun a person's last breath before dying

Españolúltimo suspiro
Françaisdernier souffle, dernier soupir

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@misc{last_gasp_2026,
  title = {last gasp},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/last%20gasp},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}