in the final analysis

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Calque of French en dernière analyse.

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in the final analysis

  1. (idiomatic) All things considered; when all is said and done; in conclusion, basically and fundamentally.
    • 1990, United States. Congress House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, page 90:
      I have not been personally in a conversation with anybody in the Astronaut Office that is antirobotic for some philosophical reason. They are a group of people who, in the final analysis, have the responsibility to get the job done.

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