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hear the last of

hear the last of is the alternative form of see the last of.

Meaning of see the last of

Verb

see the last of (third-person singular simple present sees the last of, present participle seeing the last of, simple past saw the last of, past participle seen the last of)

  1. To stop seeing or encountering a person or thing.
    • You haven't seen the last of the professor, as he'll be back.

Forms of hear the last of

third-person singular presenthears the last of
present participlehearing the last of
past participleheard the last of
pastheard the last of

Questions about hear the last of

What is hear the last of the alternative form of?
Hear the last of is the alternative form of see the last of.

Words near hear the last of in the dictionary

  1. hear oneself think
  2. hear out
  3. hear tell
  4. hear the end of it
  5. hear the grass grow
  6. hear the last of
  7. hear things
  8. hear through the grapevine
  9. hear voices
  10. hear what I'm saying
  11. hear ye

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hear the last of (page history and authors); see the last of (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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