last inning
Game's closing chapter
The last inning is the final period of play in baseball or softball, typically the ninth inning in professional baseball.
Figuratively, it describes the final stage of any extended effort or someone's remaining time: He's in the last inning of his career.
The phrase often carries urgency—time to make something happen before it's over.
- ninthOrdinal of nine
- bottom of the ninthFinal half-inning possible
- finalLast and decisive
- bottomLowest point or underside
- closerOne who concludes
strikeout · save · rally · clutch · on deck · tying · walkoff · grand slam · dugout · mound · bases · bases loaded · full count · two outs · count · swing · pitch · tension
- High Stakesdo-or-die, do or die, make-or-break, make or break, life or death
- crunch timecrunch time, do or die, do-or-die, now or never, make or break
- endingsending, the end, finish, close, final
- second halffourth quarter, second act, back nine
metaphorical finality
last inningopening act
Preliminary concert performer
starting point · dawn · outset · kickoff · fresh start
last, inning, lasting, lastly, innings, outlast, everlasting