last mile

Noun

Meaning

the last walk of a condemned person to the execution place

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

finish line end game home stretch home straight final phase final stage concluding section final section final step concluding chapter concluding phase end stage final position last phase closing position
Show all synonyms

Antonyms

early stage first phase initial phase earlier stage initial period planning stage
Show all antonyms

Hypernyms

walk

Examples

Improv time is over. This is crunch time. Iraq will be won or lost in the next few months. But it won't be won with high rhetoric. It will be won on the ground in a war over the last mile. Thomas Friedman

You can't drag people from understanding to action. A customer isn't actually at the last mile if you're the one dragging her to the finish line. Thomas P.M. Barnett

The longest mile is the last mile home. American Proverb

Other "racers" nodded encouragement and said hello as they passed me by — even a Spokane Police Department car honked a cheer during the last mile, as did an SUV with a dinosaur sticking out of its sunroof. Source: Internet

I just went out fast, got into a pace and pushed the last mile before sprinting the last 100 meters. Source: Internet

A consultant's estimate for building out DMEA's proposed "last mile" Internet broadband business model is $94 million. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

last measure last mentioned Last Messenger last mile school last minute last minutes