every\ last

every\ last
• every single
• every last
adj. phr.
Every. - Used for emphasis.

She dropped the box, and when she opened it, every single glass was broken.

When she got home she found every last tomato in the box was rotten.

Syn.: each and every

Словарь американских идиом. — СПб., Изд-во "Лань". . 1997.

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