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seeing the last of

seeing the last of is the present participle and gerund 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.

Questions about seeing the last of

What is seeing the last of the present participle and gerund of?
Seeing the last of is the present participle and gerund of see the last of.

Words near seeing the last of in the dictionary

  1. seeing the elephant
  2. seeing the error of one's ways
  3. seeing the forest for the trees
  4. seeing the glass half-empty
  5. seeing the glass half-full
  6. seeing the last of
  7. seeing the light
  8. seeing the light of day
  9. seeing the point
  10. seeing the same way
  11. seeing the trees through the forest

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Adapted from Wiktionary: seeing 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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