for the last time

prepositional phrase

An expression indicating exasperation, meaning it will be the last time that something will be spoken before a punitive action will be taken.

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Meanings

prepositional phrase
  1. An expression indicating exasperation, meaning it will be the last time that something will be spoken before a punitive action will be taken.

    Indira: Wasn’t me, either. It was Rahneesh. Rahneesh: For the last time, my name isn’t Rahneesh! My parents named me Esther, dammit!

    2005, Annabelle du Fouet, “Kinksters and kinksterettes—Who are these people, anyway?” (chapter 1), in Weather Balloons Make Rotten Sex Toys, Ellora's Cave, →ISBN, page 29

Translations

Portuguese pela última vez
  • pela última vezexpression
Cite this entry
APA

for the last time. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/for%20the%20last%20time

MLA

“for the last time.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/for%20the%20last%20time. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “for the last time,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/for%20the%20last%20time.

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