last call
noun1
In a bar, the announcement that the establishment will soon be closing and that this is the final opportunity to buy drinks.
- Late in the evening, Mick left with a parishioner who asked for counseling, and I sat at the bar until last call.2010, John Reimringer, Vestments:
- Boston isn’t the only city eyeing later last calls—and later business hours in general—as a means to juice local business and give downtowns a more youthful edge and vibrant, cosmopolitan feel.2014 March 7, Brad Tuttle, “Drink Up! Later Last Call Coming to a City Near You?”, in Time:
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- I'm wedged in between a couple of squealing woo girls who are guzzling margs like it's last call […]2022, Jennifer Bonds, Catching Quinn:
- Related terms
- closing time