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last

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AT LAST,

EVERY LAST MAN,

EVERY SINGLE or EVERY LAST,

FIRST AND LAST,

HE LAUGHS BEST WHO LAUGHS LAST,

HAVE THE LAST LAUGH,

ON ONE'S LAST LEGS,

TILL THE LAST GUN IS FIRED or UNTIL THE LAST GUN IS FIRED.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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