AT THE END OF THE DAY Definition & Meaning

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at the end of the day

[ at thee end uhv thuh dey ]

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idiom

after everything is considered or accounted for; ultimately:
At the end of the day, we went for simpler printers that just do their job as soon as you click “print” on your device.
“Yes, cost and convenience matter, but at the end of the day, it’s about the welfare of our children,” she said.

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of at the end of the day¹

First recorded in 1970–75

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There’s a good chance that there’s some kind of sugar at the end of the day.

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The GGB message is disguised as female empowerment, she said, but it "decreases the value of a woman at the end of the day, because I think we're so much more than a wife."

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"But at the end of the day, I just want to go home or wherever it is I have to go."

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At the end of the day, it’s your kitchen.

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“I know what this team wants at the end of the day, and we have all the parts to do it,” center Lauren Betts said.

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