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.
See also:
  • 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