last full measure

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Meaning: (idiomatic)A person's life, when lost through death in service to a nation or cause, particularly as a member of amilitaryforceinwaror asemi-militarizedorganization such as apoliceforce orcivil defense corps,e.g.fire departments.May also be applied to some dangerous government and civil occupations such asespionage.Synonyms:ultimate sacrifice,supreme sacrificeNear-synonym:martyrdomToday we mourn these heroes who gave thelast full measurein support of freedom.1863November 19,Abraham Lincoln,Dedicatory Remarks(Gettysburg Address)‎[1], nearSoldiers' National Cemetery,→LCCN,Bliss copy, pages2-3:It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us—that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave thelast full measureof devotion—that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.

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