swan song
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1. swan song - Noun
2. swan song - Phrase
Meaning
a final performance or effort (especially before retirement)
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A bittersweet swan song for Lola’s Sugar RushAfter seven years at the corner of Main and Nevada streets, Lola’s Sugar Rush is set to close for good Dec. 30. And owner Lola Salazar wants the store’s final month to be one the community remembers.
Since it was generally believed to be Megadeth's swan song at the time (until their reformation in 2004), the magazine stated, "Megadeth's farewell gets the recognition it deserves."
The 1-0 defeat, a combined perfect game by their opponents, clinched the Chunichi Dragons’ championship and was Hillman’s Japan swan song.
It’s not time now for a swan song but it is time for a deeply felt thank you to all of you who so warmly encouraged and supported us in 2015 and 2016.
We still have half of summer, all of autumn, and part of winter to go before even thinking of snow, ice, and freezes, but what a thought during the swan song of Dog Days.
The Arizona Humane Society's "Petique" will be barking their swan song Sunday.