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final roundup

final roundup is the alternative form of last roundup.

Meaning of last roundup

Noun

last roundup (plural last roundups)

  1. (US, idiomatic) A final gathering of people or items; the final event in a series of events involving a group or organization.
    • It's last roundup time, my fellow grocery patrons. On Saturday, the receipt redemption programs operated by Giant Food and Safeway ended after a 5 1/2-month run.1998 March 2, Bob Levey, “Last Week to Send Your Grocery Receipts”, in Washington Post, retrieved 01 Nov 2021
  2. (US, euphemistic, idiomatic) Death.
    • So Duke is 66. But don't kid yourself that he's headed for the last roundup—even though it may have looked that way a while back when he surrendered a lung to cancer.1973 December 30, Guy Flatley, “Cowboy or Cop, Wayne Never Wanes”, in New York Times, retrieved 01 Nov 2021

Forms of final roundup

pluralfinal roundups

Questions about final roundup

What is final roundup the alternative form of?
Final roundup is the alternative form of last roundup.

Words near final roundup in the dictionary

  1. final papers
  2. final parsec problem
  3. final point
  4. final reckoning
  5. final reckonings
  6. final roundup
  7. final roundups
  8. final salary
  9. final say
  10. Final Sermon
  11. final setting time

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Adapted from Wiktionary: final roundup (page history and authors); last roundup (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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