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be last on someone's list

be the least preferred choice

If something is last on your list, it is the thing you want or prefer least.

B2 common speech & writing

expression

Hear it in real life

Would you try camping in winter?

That would be last on my list.

Play the conversation

Doing paperwork is last on my list when I have a free afternoon.

The mistake everyone makes

Not: Action films are the last in my list.

Say: Action films are the last on my list.

Use "on my list," not "in my list"; both "the last on my list" and "last on my list" are grammatical.

Build it

How it fits in a sentence.

be last on my list; be last on her list

Your turn: say it out loud

Doing paperwork is last on my list when I have a free afternoon.

Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.

be last on someone's list

be the least preferred choice

“Doing paperwork is last on my list when I have a free afternoon.”

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