last fling

Idioms  

1. A final enjoyment of freedom. For example, He's planning to have one last fling before joining the army. This expression employs fling in the sense of “a brief period of indulging one's impulses,” a usage dating from the first half of the 1800s.

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Example Sentences

“This is my last fling for baseball,” he said that day.

From Seattle Times

“This is my last fling for baseball,” the 93-year-old Thomas said.

From Seattle Times

Whatever happens, I’d say it’s 98 percent he ends up his career as a Nat, not going somewhere else for one last fling.

From Washington Post

This brightness, this long spell of sunny days, was history’s last fling before another stretch of time began.

From Literature

The fun may soon be over for merrymakers celebrating one last fling before the ring in Amsterdam, as one infuriated politician in the Netherlands' capital has moved to ban “drunk, puking” bachelor partygoers altogether from the nightlife hotspot.

From Fox News