at the last gasp
1the last gasp — 1. The point of death 2. The last minute • • • Main Entry: ↑gasp * * * your/the last ˈgasp idiom the point at which you/sth can no longer continue living, fighting, existing, etc. see also ↑last gasp Main entry …
2(the) last gasp of something — the last gasp of (something) literary the end of a particular period or process. This period witnessed the decline and last gasp of the British Empire …
3(the) last gasp of — the last gasp of (something) literary the end of a particular period or process. This period witnessed the decline and last gasp of the British Empire …
4the last gasp — ► the last gasp the point of exhaustion, death, or completion. Main Entry: ↑gasp …
5At the last gasp — Gasp Gasp, n. The act of opening the mouth convulsively to catch the breath; a labored respiration; a painful catching of the breath. [1913 Webster] {At the last gasp}, at the point of death. Addison. [1913 Webster] …
6the last gasp — the point of exhaustion, death, or completion. → gasp …
7at the last gasp — at the end, at the moment before death, at death s door …
8last gasp — noun the point of death or exhaustion or completion the last gasp of the cold war • Hypernyms: ↑end, ↑ending * * * last gasp : a final attempt or effort made at the very end This movie may be his last gasp as an actor. winter s last gasp [=the… …
9last gasp — 1) the end of something the last gasp of economic activity in this depressed part of the country 2) the last breath that someone takes before dying …
10The Last Night of a Jockey — Infobox Television episode Title = Last Night of a Jockey Series = The Twilight Zone Caption = Mickey Rooney in The Last Night of a Jockey Season = 5 Episode = 125 Airdate = October 25, 1963 Production =2616 Writer = Rod Serling Director = Joseph …
