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at lastat (long) lastFinally. Typically said after a long period. My husband returns from his trip today at last—I've missed him so much! At long last, I got an A on a math test. All that studying really helped. See also: last Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. at (long) lastafter a long wait; finally. At last the hostages were released. Sally earned her diploma at long last after six years in college. See also: last at lastfinally; after a long wait. The train has come at last. At last, we have gotten something to eat. See also: last McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. at lastAlso, 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. See also: last The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. at (long) ˈlast at the end of a period of waiting, trying etc.; finally: At long last she’s got a job in a theatre in Stratford.See also: last Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary at last After a considerable length of time; finally. See also: last American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. See also:- at (long) last
- at long last
- light at the end of a tunnel, (see) the
- enjoy a long run
- for (so) long
- for long
- over the long term
- long ago
- will go a long way
- long since
References in classic literature 'and listen where the sound comes from.' At last the thieves found him out, and lifted him up in their hands. Meantime the thieves were frightened, and ran off a little way; but at last they plucked up their hearts, and said, Fairy Tales Sonia wrote that he was constantly sullen and not ready to talk, that he scarcely seemed interested in the news she gave him from their letters, that he sometimes asked after his mother and that when, seeing that he had guessed the truth, she told him at last of her death, she was surprised to find that he did not seem greatly affected by it, not externally at any rate. At last the news came (Dounia had indeed noticed signs of alarm and uneasiness in the preceding letters) that he held aloof from everyone, that his fellow prisoners did not like him, that he kept silent for days at a time and was becoming very pale. Crime And Punishment At last the moment came, and Achmet Zek pulled the trigger. And at last, when the raiders assembled after glutting their fury and their avarice, and rode away with her toward the north, she saw the smoke and the flames rising far into the heavens until the winding of the trail into the thick forests hid the sad view from her eyes. Tarzan and the Jewels of Opar The Major had settled in life at last. And, more wonderful still, the Major had chosen as the lawful ruler of his household and himself--"the future Queen of Song," the round-eyed, overdressed young lady with the strident soprano voice! On this day I have at last summoned courage enough to perform the promise which I made to my husband in Paris. Law and the Lady At last, because I was romantic, I devised an explanation which I acknowledged to be far-fetched, but which was the only one that in any way satisfied me. But how strange it was that the creative instinct should seize upon this dull stockbroker, to his own ruin, perhaps, and to the misfortune of such as were dependent on him; and yet no stranger than the way in which the spirit of God has seized men, powerful and rich, pursuing them with stubborn vigilance till at last, conquered, they have abandoned the joy of the world and the love of women for the painful austerities of the cloister. Moon and Sixpence |