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What is a parting shot?

What is a parting shot? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (idiomatic) An insult or barbed comment issued as the speaker departs or the conversation comes to an end.
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She hesitated, and then fired a parting shot which certainly was spiteful in the extreme.
And in his sign-off, the veteran journalist took a parting shot at the industry that increasingly values entertainment over news.
The ultimate rugby grafter pauses momentarily before delivering his parting shot.
And also about the girl, she added as a parting shot, disappearing in the house.
At the same time, it was a parting shot at my mother's hostile family, a sad little act of revenge on people who would not be there to see it.
Whether or not you dug The Dismemberment Plan, you have to admit that their parting shot is a real lulu.

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