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Last roundup

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Noun
  1. 1
    A final gathering of people or items; the final event in a series of events involving a group or organization. US, idiomatic

    "It's last roundup time, my fellow grocery patrons. On Saturday, the receipt redemption programs operated by Giant Food and Safeway ended after a 5 1/2-month run."

  2. 2
    Death. US, euphemistic, idiomatic

    "So Duke is 66. But don't kid yourself that he's headed for the last roundup—even though it may have looked that way a while back when he surrendered a lung to cancer."

Etymology

An allusion to herding of cattle into a group.

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