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Succeed in the end, after some earlier reverses. For example, We'll have the last laugh when they learn we got the contract . This expression, alluding to laughing at the loser, appeared in slightly different form in the mid-1500s and gave rise to the modern proverbial phrase, He who laughs last laughs best (or He laughs best who laughs last ).Advertisement
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