bring up the rear

verb

(idiomatic) To be last in a moving line of people, to walk or go behind others in a line.

He always brings up the rear when we go hiking.

意味（1）

(idiomatic) To be last in a moving line of people, to walk or go behind others in a line.

As for the guides, they were debarred from the pleasure of discourse, the one being placed in the van, and the other obliged to bring up the rear.