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at the end of the day

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Definition

something that you say before you give the most important fact of a situation: Of course I'll listen to what she has to say but at the end of the day, it's my decision.Final and finally
(Definition of at the end of the day from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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