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last laugh

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last laugh
n.
Ultimate success or victory, achieved after an apparent failure or loss: After all was said and done, our competitors had the last laugh: they cornered the market.
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Noun1.last laugh - ultimate success achieved after a near failure (inspired by the saying `he laughs best who laughs last'); "we had the last laugh after the votes were counted"
triumph, victory - a successful ending of a struggle or contest; "a narrow victory"; "the general always gets credit for his army's victory"; "clinched a victory"; "convincing victory"; "the agreement was a triumph for common sense"


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At this I did at last laugh out aloud, when to my surprise, Alan joined in, and laughed as merrily as myself.
Kidnapped by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context
"Oh, it's not with him I'm riled," I said frankly, "but with those other blackguards, and--and with you, old chap, for taking it all as you do, while such infamous scoundrels have the last laugh, and are safely on their way to France
Raffles, Further Adventures Of The Amateur Cracksman by Hornung, E. W. View in context
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