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final say

final say noun: the right to make a final decision.

Noun

final say

  1. (idiomatic) The right to make a final decision.
    • In all matters relating to the family business, mum has the final say.
    • The TUCC's role was to assess what (if any) hardship a BR closure proposal would cause, and to make recommendations to ministers who would have the final say.2020 May 20, Philip Haigh, “Ribblehead: at the heart of the S&C's survival and its revival”, in Rail, page 26

Questions about final say

What does final say mean?
Final say means the right to make a final decision.
What part of speech is final say?
Final say is a noun.

Words near final say in the dictionary

  1. final reckoning
  2. final reckonings
  3. final roundup
  4. final roundups
  5. final salary
  6. final say
  7. Final Sermon
  8. final setting time
  9. final setting times
  10. final sigma
  11. final sigmas

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