"last call" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: last calls [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} last call (countable and uncountable, plural last calls)
  1. In a bar, the announcement that the establishment will soon be closing and that this is the final opportunity to buy drinks. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Drinking Synonyms: last orders Related terms: closing time Translations (announcement): valomerkki (Finnish), dernier appel (French), letzter Aufruf (German), utolsó rendelés/kör (Hungarian), ultimo giro [masculine] (Italian), ラストオーダー (rasutōodā) (Japanese), オーダーストップ (ōdā sutoppu) (Japanese), ostatnia szansa żeby zamówić [feminine] (Polish), последний звон (poslednij zvon) [masculine] (Russian)

Inflected forms

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