to the last

Idioms  

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]

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Example Sentences

And it's worth casting one's mind back to the last time the final race had so many drivers in contention.

From BBC

Earlier on, Si became the first man through to the last 16 after making easy work of Wales' Ryan Day with a 6-0 victory in just over two hours.

From BBC

Arsenal teenager Katie Reid was called up to the last squad but was forced to withdraw when she suffered an anterior cruciate ligament injury.

From BBC

Moral juxtapositions—the violence of the criminal underworld vs. the redemptive forces of love and grace—have been a constant in Scorsese’s body of work, from “Taxi Driver” to “The Last Temptation of Christ” to “Silence,” his 2016 feature about Jesuit missionaries and Christian martyrs in 17th-century Japan.

From The Wall Street Journal

They are two points off the top eight, which offers direct qualification to the last 16.

From Barron's