Idiom Breakdown

last word

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Definition

The finest, highest, or ultimate representative of some class of objects.

A concluding remark; final advice, instructions, or observation.

A final decision or remark, or the right to make one.

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"Little Joe's mother's cake was the last word in cakes; [...]"
"Michaelis was the last word in what was caddish and bounderish."
"["]I have got my leave, and that is all I want." / "You had better receive the last word from my mother," said the marquis. / "Very good; I will go and get it," said Newman; and he prepared to return to the drawing-room."
"[W]hen we had grasped hands for the last time and had said our last good-bye, he added this one more last word: "Of all the people I have ever known you are the only one I don't know.""
"have the last word"
"get the last word"
"An Afghan Olympic official said the team holds the right to substitute Andyar with another female athlete, though the IOC would have the last word."

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