to the last

1. To the end, especially to the end of one's life. For example, The defenders held out to the last but the bombs finished them. [c. 1600]

Example Sentences

Instead of worrying obsessively about offending some swing voter a year from now, perhaps they should, as Ed Kilgore writes in New York magazine, “begin thinking of the federal government not as turf to be defended to the last ditch but as territory occupied by a proto-fascist regime and take some pride in interrupting its operations until normalcy returns.”

From Salon

Longfellow ended his poem on a confident note, declaring that, “borne on the night-wind of the Past, through all our history, to the last,” Americans would “waken and listen” to Revere’s “midnight message.”

From Salon

Getting back to the last four of a major is another impressive milestone for Osaka, who did not play for 14 months around the the birth of daughter Shai in July 2023.

From BBC

She reached the the final of the Montreal Open last month, losing to teenager Victoria Mboko, and has now followed that with a deep run at Flushing Meadows, beating the third, 11th and 15th-seeded players en route to the last four.

From BBC

The American fourth seed beat former world number two Krejcikova 6-3 6-3 to advance to the last four, where she will face either defending champion Aryna Sabalenka or Marketa Vondrousova.

From BBC