last thing

British  

adverb

1. as the final action, esp before retiring to bed at night

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last thing

Miller chimed in, “That’s the last thing you wanna do is get LeBron going here in this building.... And guess who’s playing peacemaker? Spike Lee! He’s over here playing peacemaker. Boy, I have seen everything.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026

"It's the last thing you would think would happen here."

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026

But in Singapore, adjusting to local time is the last thing F1 teams want.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

Earlier this year, he said Brexit had been "damaging" but "the last thing we should do right now is re-run those arguments".

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

The last thing I needed was to be swept up in someone else’s revolution, when I was battling my own war trying to get my family here.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

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