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Noun: last laugh
  1. Ultimate success achieved after a near failure (inspired by the saying 'he laughs best who laughs last')
    "we had the last laugh after the votes were counted"

Derived forms: last laughs

Type of: triumph, victory

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last but not least
Last Day
Last Frontier
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last in first out
Last Judgement
Last Judgment
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