in the final analysis
English
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editEtymology
editCalque of French en dernière analyse.
Pronunciation
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Prepositional phrase
edit- (idiomatic) All things considered; when all is said and done; in conclusion, basically and fundamentally.
- 1990, United States. Congress House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, page 90:
- I have not been personally in a conversation with anybody in the Astronaut Office that is antirobotic for some philosophical reason. They are a group of people who, in the final analysis, have the responsibility to get the job done.
Synonyms
edit- at bottom; see also Thesaurus:fundamentally