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final stand

final stand is the alternative form of last stand.

Meaning of last stand

Noun

last stand (plural last stands)

  1. (also, figuratively) A military encounter, especially against (often greatly) superior odds, generally as a last resort, whether to save another army or city, or as a last act of defiance, and often resulting in the total annihilation of the weaker force.
    • to make one's last stand

Forms of final stand

pluralfinal stands

Questions about final stand

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

Words near final stand in the dictionary

  1. final setting times
  2. final sigma
  3. final sigmas
  4. final solution
  5. final solutions
  6. final stand
  7. final stands
  8. final straw
  9. final stretch
  10. final stretches
  11. Final Testament

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Adapted from Wiktionary: final stand (page history and authors); last stand (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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