swan song

swan song
swan song
Fig. the last work or performance of a playwright, musician, actor, etc., before death or retirement. •

His portrayal of Lear was the actor's swan song.

We didn't know that her performance last night was the singer's swan song.

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{n. phr.}, {literary} A farewell or last appearance. * /The famous soprano gave her swan song in La Traviata before she retired./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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