last eight

English

Noun

last eight (plural last eights)

(sports) A quarterfinal; the players in a quarterfinal
- 2011 June 27, “Wimbledon 2011: Bernard Tomic extends dream run”, in BBC Sport‎:
  Australian qualifier Bernard Tomic reached the Wimbledon quarter-finals by beating Belgium's Xavier Malisse 6-1 7-5 6-4 in the fourth round. The German-born 18-year-old is the first qualifier to reach the last eight since Vladimir Voltchkov in 2000.

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alightest, set alight, tea lights, tea-lights, tealights

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