at long last
Related to at long last: roughshod, veered, destroys
at (long) last
Finally. 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 last
see under at last.
See also: last, long
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
at long last
After a lengthy or troublesome wait or delay: At long last the winter was over.
See also: last, long
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
at long last
Finally, after a long delay. The expression has been traced to the sixteenth century and was usually put as “at the long last,” last then being a noun meaning “duration.” Eric Partridge cited its perhaps most famous use, the opening words of the abdication speech of King Edward VIII in 1935, when he gave up the British throne in order to marry a divorced woman. By then it had long been a cliché.
See also: last, long
The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer
- at (long) last
- at 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