I'll excuse your absence, but this is the last time!
This's the last time I {pay - am paying - will pay - am going to pay} for you.
2
The previous occurrence.
We haven't caught any fish the last few times.
I promise that it worked last time! Right, guys?
last time
adv
1
On the most recent occasion that. Typically found at the beginning of a sentence.
Last time I saw you, you were in kindergarten!
Sultan: The next person who speaks will receive a whipping! Anbumani: Last time you did that, the people in the next room called the cops, remember?2005, Annabelle du Fouet, “Kinksters and kinksterettes—Who are these people, anyway?” (chapter 1), in Weather Balloons Make Rotten Sex Toys, Ellora's Cave, →ISBN, page 30:
Happening for the last time; doing something for the last time.
It was the possibly-last-time visit, and we really didn't have anything to say to each other beyond the amenities of my asking if she was comfortable and her expressing concern that I looked tired.1976, Pat Watters, The angry middle-aged man, page 7:
With the expectation of a few months of life, I'm aware that everything — from the turning of the seasons, to holidays, birthdays, and special occasions, is probably for me, a last-time experience.1996, Pat McNees, Dying: A Book of Comfort, →ISBN, page 105:
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“We have seen that one before so I don't want to sit with you tonight again.” I had intended it as a friendly last-time get-together, but he said, "I saw Charlie Chaplin and 'The Immigrant' before."2008, Satsvarūpa Dāsa Gosvāmī, Under Dark Stars, →ISBN, page 125:
"Ironically, HIV/AIDS can also pull at each of us with the same choke-chain force, reminding us of how precious life is; calling us to experience every moment to its fullest," Cyndie wrote. "It can be scary. It can sometimes feel that some of our life experiences may indeed be last-time experiences...2014, Michael Saag, Positive: One Doctor's Personal Encounters with Death, Life, and the US Healthcare System, →ISBN: