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at the end of the day

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at the end of the day (informal)
something that you say before you say what you believe to be the most important fact of a situation. Sure we missed our best player but at the end of the day, John, we just didn't play well enough to win the game. At the end of the day, what matters is that you're safe.
See also: day, end


at the end of the day
finally. We interviewed many people for the job, but at the end of the day, we didn't think any of them could handle it.
Related vocabulary: when all is said and done, in the final analysis
See also: day, end

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Kantos Kan explained to me that at the end of the day one of these prisoners would gain freedom and the others would lie dead about the arena.
For you know not the peace of the cool caves in the cliffs, the circus of the drinking-places at the end of the day.
There's a five pound note for you at the end of the day, if you go where I tell you and nowhere else.
 
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