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parting shot
noun
- a threat, insult, condemnation, sarcastic retort, or the like, uttered upon leaving.
parting shot
noun
- a hostile remark or gesture delivered while departing Also calledParthian shot
Word History and Origins
Origin of parting shot1
Idioms and Phrases
A final insult or last word in an argument, as in As she stalked out, Jane hurled as a parting shot , “ And I quit! ” This idiom apparently originated as a corruption of Parthian shot , referring to the practice of ancient Parthian warriors of turning back to shoot at their pursuers. [Late 1800s]Example Sentences
“It’s my parting shot,” she said.
And the judge's parting shot carried, perhaps, just a hint of exasperation.
Penn State was just getting started even if the Bruins did deliver a parting shot with Martin’s late touchdown pass.
However, the Huskies haven’t been elite in a long time and Saturday’s 91-75 defeat — UW’s eighth straight loss to Arizona — was one last parting shot from the Wildcats before they head to the Big 12 next season.
She is evasive when asked about reported sightings of Navarro — who we see walking onto the ice, alone, then standing on a porch next to Danvers in the parting shot of the season.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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