last call

English

Pronunciation

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Noun

last call (countable and uncountable, plural last calls)

1. In a bar, the announcement that the establishment will soon be closing and that this is the final opportunity to buy drinks.
   • 2010, John Reimringer, Vestments:

     Late in the evening, Mick left with a parishioner who asked for counseling, and I sat at the bar until last call.

   • 2014 March 7, Brad Tuttle, “Drink Up! Later Last Call Coming to a City Near You?”, in Time:

     Boston isn’t the only city eyeing later last calls—and later business hours in general—as a means to juice local business and give downtowns a more youthful edge and vibrant, cosmopolitan feel.

   • 2022, Jennifer Bonds, Catching Quinn:

     I'm wedged in between a couple of squealing woo girls who are guzzling margs like it's last call […]

Synonyms

• last orders

Translations

announcement

• Finnish: valomerkki (fi)
• French: dernier appel
• German: letzte Runde f
• Hungarian: utolsó rendelés/kör
• Italian: ultimo giro m
• Japanese: ラストオーダー (ja) (rasutōodā), オーダーストップ (ōdā sutoppu)
• Polish: ostatnia szansa żeby zamówić f
• Russian: последний звон m (poslednij zvon)

See also

• closing time