HyperDic: last_laugh

English > 1 sense of the expression last laugh:
NOUNeventlast laughultimate success achieved after a near failure (inspired by the saying 'he laughs best who laughs last')
English > last laugh: 1 sense > noun 1, event
Meaningultimate success achieved after a near failure (inspired by the saying 'he laughs best who laughs last').
Example"we had the last laugh after the votes were counted"
Broadervictory, triumphA successful ending of a struggle or contest / contest

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