at last

Idioms  

1. Also, at long last. After a long time, finally, as in At last the speeches ended and dinner was served, or Harry's got his degree at long last. The first term dates from about 1200, the variant from the early 1500s. Also see at length, def. 2.

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Example Sentences

The twentieth century had found us at last, even here.

From Literature

But at last he reached a long, wooded slope and had to stop: doubled up, chest heaving.

From Literature

I manage to make my way up the first flight of stairs and then the second, until at last the party downstairs is a buzz instead of a din and we’re at my bedroom door.

From Literature

Would the serial winners be toppled in a final at last?

From BBC

And so the chance has arrived at last, decades in the waiting, decades largely made up of frustration, false dawns and fatalism.

From BBC

Related Words

• already
• belatedly
• eventually
• someday
• sooner or later
• subsequently
• ultimately