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Phrase(s): in the final analysis [and] in the last analysis
in truth; when all the facts are known; when the truth becomes known. (Usually used when someone is speculating about what the final outcome will be.) • In the final analysis, it is usually the children who suffer most in a situation like this. • In the last analysis, you simply do not want to do as you are told!
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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Also, in the last analysis. When all things are considered. For example, In the final analysis we must find ways to improve our sales, or I can, in the last analysis, talk only about my own work. This expression was at first put as in the ultimate analysis. [Late 1700s]
American Heritage Idioms