be bringing up the rear
be bringing up the rear
To be moving last in a group of people. I was so tired at the end of the race that I was bringing up the rear.
See also: bring, rear, up
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
be bringing up the rear
If a person or vehicle is bringing up the rear, they are the last person or vehicle in a moving line of them. There were several police motorcyclists bringing up the rear of the procession. The soldiers followed, Kirov bringing up the rear.
See also: bring, rear, up
Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.
- bring up the rear
- rear
- at the rear of
- rear end
- stem
- stem to stern, from
- stern
- from stem to stern
- in the rear
- raise from