last out
English
editVerb
editlast out (third-person singular simple present lasts out, present participle lasting out, simple past and past participle lasted out)
- (transitive, intransitive) To survive or endure
- I'm afraid your grandfather isn't going to last out for very long.
- 1987, Vijayaraje Scindia, Manohar Malgonkar, The Last Maharani of Gwalior: An Autobiography:
- I suppose only an incurable optimist would have gambled on its lasting out its full five-year term in office, for there was little to hold its super-stars together except the desire for office.