at the last count

at the last count

At the time when something was last counted or tallied. At the last count, 50 people were coming to this event, so we're definitely going to need to bring in more chairs.
See also: count, last
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

at the last ˈcount

according to the latest information about the numbers of something: She’d applied for 30 jobs at the last count.
See also: count, last
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • last but not least
  • at the last chance saloon
  • in the last chance saloon
  • saloon
  • last chance (for/at/to do something)
  • Let’s have it!
  • let's have it
  • the last of the lot
  • to the last
  • the last chance saloon
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Audi, like rivals BMW and Mercedes-Benz, is not exactly short of models in its catalogue with over 40 at the last count.
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Six of the last nine winners have gone on to win Group races - 23 of them between them at the last count, thanks to Communique's success in the Jockey Club Stakes on 2,000 Guineas day.
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At the last count, the Pekan MP has been slapped with 32 criminal, power abuse and money-laundering charges in connection with 1MDB and its former subsidiary SRC International Sdn Bhd.
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At the last count more than a dozen healthy trees have been felled, including three magnificent specimens previously viewed from my large window.
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At the last count 13 aspirants have obtained the party's presidential nomination and expression of interest forms.
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However, thanks to their campaign, this figure is continuing to fall, with 16 at the last count.
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At the last count 2015/2016 the state pension cost PS90bn plus administration costs of PS75bn.
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At the last count, the musician and model had two former husbands and one estranged - Jamie Hince, from Kate - as well as a string of ex-boyfriends between them.
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The city, in the east of England had 2,186 registered plug-in vehicles at the last count - roughly one in 80 of all cars in the area.
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At the last count only a handful of stores cater for curvy women and sometimes their collections are a bit ropey (note to designers: larger sizes need to be cut differently, not just be bigger all over.
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How many of the 4,578 unemployed in Swansea, at the last count, would have jumped at the chance of that job?
Working you to the bone? You're lucky
He last night said: "There are still too many senior managers, around 2.5% of the workforce at the last count.
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Don Davies-Evans At the last count the high street had at least seven pubs (one closes mid week due to lack of customers) and some other pubs are struggling.
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At the last count, Mancini had three Serie A titles, a Premier League title, two Coppa Italia triumphs and an FA Cup victory.
BEST MAN ROBERTO
At the last count I was missing four odd socks, meaning I had lost four pairs.
Pull your socks up!