TILL THE LAST GUN IS FIRED

Meaning of TILL THE LAST GUN IS FIRED in English

adv. phr. Until the end; until everything is finished or decided. Fred always liked to stay at parties until the last gun was fired. The candidate didn't give up hope of being elected until the last gun was fired.

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TILL THE LAST GUN IS FIRED — = until the last gun is fired
Slang English vocab
FIRED — adjective Date: 1889 using a specified fuel
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
TILL — I In geology, the unsorted material deposited directly by glacial ice and showing no stratification. Till is sometimes called boulder …
Английский словарь Британика
GUN — I Weapon consisting essentially of a metal tube from which a missile or projectile is shot by the force of …
Английский словарь Британика
TILL — I. preposition also til t ə l ( often d. ə l after a vowel ), tə̇l Etymology: Middle English, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LAST
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GUN — I. ˈgən noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English gonne, gunne, probably irregular from Gonnilda, Gunnilda, Gunilda, feminine proper name …
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FIRED — I. ˈfī(ə)rd, -īəd adjective heraldry : represented as on fire — used of a fireball II. adjective Etymology: from past …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TILL — (v. t.) To; unto; up to; as far as; until; -- now used only in respect to time, but formerly, …
Английский словарь Webster
FIRED — (imp. & p. p.) of Fire
Английский словарь Webster
TILL — ( v. t. ) To; unto; up to; as far as; until; -- now used only in respect to time, …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TILL — till 1 /til/ , prep. 1. up to the time of; until: to fight till death. 2. before (used in …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LAST — last 1 /last, lahst/ , adj. a superl. of late with later as compar. 1. occurring or coming after all …
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GUN — gun 1 — gunless , adj. /gun/ , n. , v. , gunned, gunning . n. 1. a weapon consisting …
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FIRED — adj. dismissed from a job
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
TILL — I. t ə l, təl, ˈtil preposition Etymology: Middle English, from Old English til; akin to Old Norse til to, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
LAST — I. ˈlast verb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English lǣstan to last, follow; akin to Old English lāst footprint Date: …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FIRED — Date: 1889 : using a specified fuel — usually used in combination oil- fired power plant
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TILL — noun a vetch; a tare. 2. till ·vi to cultivate land. 3. till ·noun a tray or drawer in a …
Webster English vocab
LAST — adj in conclusion; finally. 2. last ·noun the burden of a ship; a cargo. 3. last ·adj supreme; highest in …
Webster English vocab
FIRED — impf & ·p.p. of fire.
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TILL — [till] prep [ME, fr. OE til; akin to ON til to, till, OE til good] (bef. 12c) 1 chiefly Scot: …
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LAST — [last] vb [ME, fr. OE laestan to last, follow; akin to OE last footprint] vi (bef. 12c) 1: to continue …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
FIRED — [fired] adj (1889): using a specified fuel--usu. used in combination "oil-fired power plant"
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TILL — in geology, unsorted material deposited directly by glacial ice and showing no stratification. Till is sometimes called boulder clay because …
Britannica English vocabulary
LAST — last, Last BrE AmE lɑːst § læst AmE læst ▷ lasted ˈlɑːst ɪd § ˈlæst-, -əd AmE ˈlæst əd ▷ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
LAST — I . *last / lɑːst; NAmE læst/ determiner , adverb , noun , verb —see also last (II) ■ determiner …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TILL — / tɪl; NAmE / conjunction , preposition , noun , verb ■ conjunction , preposition = until : We're open …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GUN — / gʌn; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ C ] a weapon that is used for firing …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TILL — I. till 1 S1 /tɪl, tl/ BrE AmE preposition , conjunction spoken until: I didn’t have a boyfriend till I …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LAST — I. last 1 S1 W1 /lɑːst $ læst/ BrE AmE determiner , adjective 1 . most recent or nearest to …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
GUN — I. gun 1 S2 W2 /ɡʌn/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Origin: Perhaps from Gunnilda , a …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TILL — prep. & conj. --prep. 1 up to or as late as (wait till six o'clock; did not return till night). …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LAST — adj., adv., & n. --adj. 1 after all others; coming at or belonging to the end. 2 a most recent; …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
GUN — n. & v. --n. 1 any kind of weapon consisting of a metal tube and often held in the hand …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TILL — prep. & conj. prep. 1 up to or as late as (wait till six o'clock; did not return till night). …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LAST — adj., adv., & n. adj. 1 after all others; coming at or belonging to the end. 2 a most recent; …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
GUN — n. & v. n. 1 any kind of weapon consisting of a metal tube and often held in the hand …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TILL — 1. prep. & conj. --prep. 1. up to or as late as (wait till six o'clock; did not return till …
Oxford English vocab
LAST — 1. adj., adv., & n. --adj. 1. after all others; coming at or belonging to the end. 2 a most …
Oxford English vocab
GUN — n. & v. --n. 1. any kind of weapon consisting of a metal tube and often held in the hand …
Oxford English vocab
TILL — ( tills) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. In spoken English and …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LAST — ( lasts, lasting, lasted) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. You use …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
GUN — ( guns, gunning, gunned) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. A gun …
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-FIRED — -fired combines with nouns which refer to fuels to form adjectives which describe power stations, machines, or devices that operate …
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-FIRED — ~ combines with nouns which refer to fuels to form adjectives which describe power stations, machines, or devices that operate …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
TILL — I. preposition COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES from morning till night (= all day – used for emphasis ) ▪ He …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LAST — I. determiner COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a final/last attempt ▪ They made one final attempt to make their marriage work. …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
IS — COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a baby is born ▪ Let me know as soon as the baby is born. a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
GUN — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a gun permit ▪ More than 300,000 civilians, in a country of 6 million, …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TILL — (MONEY DRAWER), US usually register [noun] [C] - the drawer in a cash register (= a machine in a shop …
Cambridge English vocab
TILL — n. Eulenspiegel Till no till farming till less agriculture
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
TILL — Synonyms and related words : Fort Knox, backset, bank, before, blackmail, boodle, booty, bursary, cash register, cashbox, chest, coffer, coin …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
LAST — Synonyms and related words : Z, abide, advance, aforegoing, after, aftermost, apodosis, at last, at length, at long last, at …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
GUN
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FIRED — Synonyms and related words : afire, agog, aquiver, aroused, atingle, atwitter, baked, boiled, braised, broiled, browned, bursting, carried away, coddled, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
TILL — See: ROB THE TILL or HAVE ONE'S HAND IN THE TILL.
Slang English vocab
LAST — See: AT LAST, EVERY LAST MAN, EVERY SINGLE or EVERY LAST, FIRST AND LAST, HE LAUGHS BEST WHO LAUGHS LAST, …
Slang English vocab
FIRED — Response to an inappropriate or stupid remark. Example: Eddie Haskell: Wally, your mom's hot. Wally Cleaver: That's it, Eddie, you're …
Slang English vocab
TILL — I. preposition Synonyms: until , before, in advance of, prior to, to, up till, up to II. conjunction up to …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
TILL — I. noun ( BrE ) ⇨ See also ↑ cash register ADJECTIVE ▪ computerized , electronic TILL + VERB ▪ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
LAST — See ↑ BEFORE 4, ↑ CONTINUE 2, ↑ ENOUGH/NOT ENOUGH 1, ↑ LAST 1,5,6,7, ↑ REMAIN 2, ↑ SURVIVE 1 …
Longman Activator English vocab
LAST — INDEX: coming at the end 1. coming at the end after all others 2. to be the last one in …
Longman Activator English vocab
LAST — n. 25B6; adjective the last woman in the queue : REARMOST, hindmost, endmost, at the end, at the back, furthest …
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