- leave something until last
-
to delay dealing with or using something until you have dealt with or used all the other things
Let’s save the champagne until last.
Main entry: last
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
leave something until last
Look at other dictionaries:
save something until last — leave/save/keep/something until last phrase to delay dealing with or using something until you have dealt with or used all the other things Let’s save the champagne until last. Thesaurus: to stop doing somethingsynonym to kill a person or animal … Useful english dictionary
keep something until last — leave/save/keep/something until last phrase to delay dealing with or using something until you have dealt with or used all the other things Let’s save the champagne until last. Thesaurus: to stop doing somethingsynonym to kill a person or animal … Useful english dictionary
leave — [[t]li͟ːv[/t]] ♦ leaves, leaving, left 1) VERB If you leave a place or person, you go away from that place or person. [V n] He would not be allowed to leave the country... [V n] I simply couldn t bear to leave my little girl … English dictionary
last — I UK [lɑːst] / US [læst] adjective, adverb, determiner, noun, pronoun *** Summary: Last can be used in the following ways: as a determiner (followed by a noun): I saw him last night. ♦ I wasn t here last time. as an adjective (after a determiner… … English dictionary
leave — leave1 W1S1 [li:v] v past tense and past participle left [left] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(go away)¦ 2¦(stop)¦ 3 leave somebody/something alone 4¦(let something/somebody stay)¦ 5¦(not change/move something)¦ 6¦(result of accident/illness/event)¦ 7 be left… … Dictionary of contemporary English
last — last1 [ læst ] function word *** Last can be used in the following ways: as a determiner (followed by a noun): I saw him last night. I wasn t here last time. as an adjective (after a determiner and before a noun): My last job was in London. I ate … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
last — [[t]lɑ͟ːst, læ̱st[/t]] ♦ lasts, lasting, lasted 1) DET You use last in expressions such as last Friday, last night, and last year to refer, for example, to the most recent Friday, night, or year. I got married last July... He never made it home… … English dictionary
leave — [liːv] noun [uncountable] HUMAN RESOURCES time that you are allowed to be absent from your work: • The company offers attractive benefits, including five weeks leave per year. • The Los Gatos School District has hired 21 new teachers to replace… … Financial and business terms
Leave It to Beaver — Season one title screen Also known as Beaver Genre Sitcom Created by … Wikipedia
Last Exile — Cover art of the Japanese volume 1 compilation DVD for Last Exile, featuring main characters Lavie Head and Claus Valca ラストエグザイル … Wikipedia
