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(idiomatic) To be vindicated; to triumph despite predicted failure; to find success after defeat or setback.

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have the last laugh

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have the last laugh

慣用表現

(idiomatic) To be vindicated; to triumph despite predicted failure; to find success after defeat or setback.

日本語の意味

最終的に正しさが証明される / 予想された失敗を跳ね返して勝利を収める / 敗北や逆境を乗り越えて成功を収める

After years of criticism, she was determined to have the last laugh when her research finally proved successful.

何年もの批判の後、彼女は研究がついに成功したときに最終的に正当化されると決意していた。

意味（1）

(idiomatic) To be vindicated; to triumph despite predicted failure; to find success after defeat or setback.

The author had the last laugh over the publishers who had rejected her now best-selling book.

has the last laugh

（ present singular third-person ）

having the last laugh

（ participle present ）

had the last laugh

（ participle past ）

had the last laugh

（ past ）