parting shot

Language: en

Meaning: (idiomatic)Aninsultorbarbedcommentissued as the speakerdepartsor theconversationcomes to an end.2007September 18, Greg Stolz, “Power'sparting shotat enemies”, inCourier-Mail, Australia:Gold Coast Deputy Mayor David Power took aparting shotat the Crime and Misconduct Commission and his council enemies as he announced his bombshell resignation today.22 March 2012, Scott Tobias, AV ClubCabin Boy[1]When news arrives that the school must graduate Nathanial to official “Fancy Lad” status early and put him on the Queen Catherine first class to run the Mayweather in Hawaii, the headmaster dutifully complies, but Nathanial gets in a fewparting shotson his way out the door.

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