last call

noun

US
: the time when the customers in a place where drinks are sold (such as a bar) are told that they can order one more drink before it closes

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So, much like any other drunk at the bar, Lasher chooses not to hear Evelyn announce last call and instead grabs her arm and refuses to leave. Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 19 Jan. 2025 Photograph: Getty Images Downing Flaming Sambuca shots at last call may seem like a good idea at the time, but come sunrise your body most likely won’t be thanking you for it. Emily Peck, WIRED, 31 Dec. 2024 Within these areas, WalletHub considered more than 60 metrics, including restaurants per capita, the time of last call, and the average price for a three-star hotel room. Madeline Fitzgerald, Quartz, 2 Dec. 2024 The venue successfully sued the city in 2021 over the city’s attempt to impose a 2 a.m. last call for alcohol in the South Beach entertainment district — a ruling handed down by the same judge, Butchko Sanchez. Aaron Leibowitz, Miami Herald, 16 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for last call 

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“Last call.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/last%20call. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.

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