final stroke

As a matter of fact, however, she had long been in ill-health, and her brother's death seems to have dealt her the final stroke.

As a final stroke, they drove away all his cattle to Glasgow and sold them.

They were chagrined by the accident, for they were not ready to deliver their final stroke.

We'll be at your father's bungalow in a minute or so, and then the final stroke.

Yet most of the Klondykers still stood about dazed, silent, waiting for the final stroke.