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last gasp of

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the last gasp of something (literary)

the end of a particular period or process. This period witnessed the decline and last gasp of the British Empire.

See also: gasp, last

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I own thy speechless, placeless power; but to the last gasp of my earthquake life will dispute its unconditional, unintegral mastery in me. Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context It would be like you if you used up our last gasp of oxygen in abusing each other. The Poison Belt by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context More results

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