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Phrase(s): at the end of the day
1. Lit. at the time when work or one’s waking hours end. (See also by the end of the day.) • I will have an answer at the end of the day. • Will this be finished at the end of the day or before? 2. Fig. when everything else has been taken into consideration. • At the end of the day you will have to decide where you want to live. • The committee interviewed many applicants for the post, but at the end of the day made no appointment.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs