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last out

last out verb: to survive or endure.

Verb

last out (third-person singular simple present lasts out, present participle lasting out, simple past and past participle lasted out)

  1. (ambitransitive) To survive or endure.
    • I'm afraid your grandfather isn't going to last out for very long.
    • Among the most modern of all the Pacific stock in Great Britain is the stud of "Merchant Navy" and "West Country" Pacifics on the Southern Region, and the rebuilding which is now being carried out, preserving all the best features of the Bulleid designs—such as the free-steaming boiler—and...1957 July, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 496

Forms of last out

third-person singular presentlasts out
present participlelasting out
past participlelasted out
pastlasted out

Questions about last out

What does last out mean?
Last out means to survive or endure.
What part of speech is last out?
Last out is a verb.
What is the past tense of last out?
The past tense of last out is lasted out.

Words near last out in the dictionary

  1. last names
  2. last night
  3. last of the big spenders
  4. last of the big-time spenders
  5. last orders
  6. last out
  7. last parsec problem
  8. last photon orbit
  9. last photon orbits
  10. last post
  11. last posts

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