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idiomhave the last laugh (on sb)(also get the last laugh AmE)to finally be successful, or receive proof that you are right, after being defeated or criticized for being wrong:Men make jokes about women's driving, but women have the last laugh; they get cheaper motor insurance because they have fewer accidents.Hutchinson published my book in 1980, so I finally had the last laugh on the many editors who had rejected it.
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