Phrase info Synonyms

at the last

Meaning

at the last

(literary or archaic) In the end, after everything, ultimately.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

Examples

As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you. Fran Lebowitz

She was experiencing the same odd happiness and odd sadness as then. The sadness meant: We are at the last station. The happiness meant: We are together. The sadness was form, the happiness content. Happiness filled the space of sadness. Milan Kundera

Some men give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal; While others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at the last moment, more vigorous efforts than ever before. Herodotus

The stone that everybody spits upon will be wet at the last. Danish Proverb

Blaw the wind nere so saft, it will lowen at the last. Scottish Proverb

Blaw the wind ne'er sae fast, it will lown at the last. Scottish Proverb

Words in the phrase

Close letter words and terms