breathe one's last

Meaning: (idiomatic,euphemistic)Todie.c.1591–1592(date written),William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt,[…]”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies[…](First Folio), London:[…]Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward]Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act V, scene ii]:Ah, Warwick! Montague hathbreathed his last;And to the latest gasp cried out for Warwick,1852September 9, Thomas J. Plummer, “Obituary notices”, inThe Millennial Harbinger, page120:Shebreathed her lastsurrounded by her family and friends, commending them to God and the study of his word.2022October 16, Jenna Scherer, “An enticingHouse Of The Dragoncrowns Westeros' new ruler”, inAV Club‎[1]:The Green Council” is a tense chess game of an episode, kicking off the power vacuum that we knew was coming the moment Viserysbreathed his last.; (uncommon)To bedefeated.2009, Ron Darling with Daniel Paisner,The Complete Game: Reflections on Baseball, Pitching, and Life on the Mound, New York: Alfred A. Knopf,→ISBN, page236:For the longest while, the loss didn't seem real. For going on four hours, I'd done pretty much what I wanted to on that mound. I couldn't just shut that off, now that we had finallybreathed our last.

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