last burst of fire

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Meaning: (idiomatic)A finaleffort, a finalattemptbeforestopping.2005,ISO.org‎[1]:[...] in alast burst of fire, striking out at "soft" targets, like [the] stock market, power utilities, or communications centres.2006CE: J.D. Tuccille,Full AutomaticTuccille : Full Automatic(Google archive)And that's what my column is -- a futilelast burst of fireat the rising tide of busybodies and mediocrity.2006,Kloudiia's Kit‎[2]:And it usually is thelast burst of fire- if you still ignore this call, then be prepared to bear with the consequences [...]2006CE.[3]It's the final stretch! Give it thelast burst of fire. I must really salute each one of you especially all the WTR. It was physically and mentally draining, but all of you have overcome fatigue and have done extremely well.2006CE.[4]Getting ready for mylast burst of firefor the project during the next 2 weeks. After that I will take my much needed rest.

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