Definition
To be last in a moving line of people, to walk or go behind others in a line.
In Context
- "As for the guides, they were debarred from the pleasure of discourse, the one being placed in the van, and the other obliged to bring up the rear."
- "Whenever I find myself growing grim about the mouth; whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul; whenever I find myself involuntarily pausing before coffin warehouses, and bringing up the rear of every funeral I meet;"
Opposite In Meaning
- lead the way