for the last time
Once more, conclusively
For the last time signals finality—this is the final occurrence with no more to follow.
It can be literal: For the last time, the old clock chimed midnight before being sold.
More often it expresses exasperation at having to repeat oneself: For the last time, I said no!
The phrase implies the speaker's patience has run out and they refuse to address the matter again.
- finalLast and decisive
- emphasisStress given to something
- endingFinal portion of something
- conclusionEnd or deduction
- reiterationSaying something again
end of an era · ultimatum · final warning · termination · regret · swan song · bittersweet · frustration · I'm done · demand · warning · plea · relief · farewell · saying goodbye · parting words · insistence · declaration
for the last timeinitially
At the outset
to begin with · in the beginning · at first · from the start · to start with
for the last timeonce again
One more time
again and again · repeatedly · over and over · time after time · time and again
for the last timejust this once
one more time · for starters · patiently · calmly · gently
last, time, fore, therefore, thereof, therein, lasting, lastly, timed