LAST MILE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does last mile mean? 

• LAST MILE (noun)
  The noun LAST MILE has 1 sense:

1. the last walk of a condemned person to the execution place

  Familiarity information: LAST MILE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LAST MILE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The last walk of a condemned person to the execution place

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("last mile" is a kind of...):

walk (the act of walking somewhere)

 Context examples 

I walked the last mile, thinking as I went along of what I had to do; and left the carriage that had followed me all through the night, awaiting orders to advance.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

The last mile I performed on foot, having dismissed the chaise and driver with the double remuneration I had promised.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)