bring up the rear

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bring up the rear 的定义

  1. Be last in a line or sequence, as in As a slow walker, I'm used to bringing up the rear, or In test results Tom always brought up the rear. This term almost certainly came from the military but the earliest citation given by the Oxford English Dictionary is from a 1643 religious treatise by Sir Thomas Browne: “My desires onely are . . . to be but the last man, and bring up the Rere in Heaven.”

bring up the rear 近义词

bring up the rear

等同于 follow

bring up the rear

等同于 trail

更多bring up the rear例句

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  10. The bride elect rushes up to him, and so they both step down to the foot-lights.