in the last analysis

in the last analysis
in the final analysis & in the last analysis
in truth; when all the facts are known; when the truth becomes known. (Usually used when someone is speculating about what the final outcome will be.) •

In the final analysis, it is usually the children who suffer most in a situation like this.

In the last analysis, you simply do not want to do as you are told!


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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