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last hurrah

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noun

  1. a politician's final campaign.

  2. any final attempt, competition, performance, success, or the like.

    his last hurrah as a college football star.

Etymology

Origin of last hurrah

From The Last Hurrah, a novel (1956) by U.S. author Edwin O'Connor (1918–68)

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