"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), letzte Runde [feminine] (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)

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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "announcement",
          "word": "valomerkki"
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          "sense": "announcement",
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          "word": "ultimo giro"
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          "sense": "announcement",
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "announcement",
      "word": "valomerkki"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "announcement",
      "word": "dernier appel"
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      "sense": "announcement",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "letzte Runde"
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      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "announcement",
      "word": "utolsó rendelés/kör"
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      "sense": "announcement",
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      "word": "ultimo giro"
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      "sense": "announcement",
      "word": "ラストオーダー"
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ōdā sutoppu",
      "sense": "announcement",
      "word": "オーダーストップ"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "announcement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "ostatnia szansa żeby zamówić"
    },
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      "roman": "poslednij zvon",
      "sense": "announcement",
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