last look

Parting visual moment

Last look is a final opportunity to review or inspect something before a decision becomes irreversible: Take a last look at the contract before signing.

In financial markets, last look is a practice where liquidity providers can reject or accept a trade after seeing a customer's order—controversial because it gives dealers an advantage.

The phrase also describes a final glimpse of something being left behind: She took a last look at her childhood home.

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glimpse · peek · fleeting moment · review · departure · ending · closing · memory · mental picture · lingering · wistful · backward · over the shoulder · over-the-shoulder · rearview · mirror · threshold · doorway

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temporal sequence

last lookfirst look

Initial viewing opportunity

first glance · first glimpse · first impression · first pass · first sight

impression/judgment

last lookfirst impression

Instant assessment of someone

snap judgment · gut reaction

finality vs. continuation

last looklingering look

Extended visual attention

Family

last, look, lasts, lasted, lasting, lastly, looks, looked, looking

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G