in the long run
Prepositional phrase
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Prepositional phrase
- (idiomatic) After a very long time; eventually; over a long period of time; more generally.
- 1951, Arthur C. Clarke, The Exploration of Space, p. 111:
- If we have learned one thing from the history of invention and discovery, it is that, in the long run — and often in the short one — the most daring prophecies seem laughably conservative.
- 1951, Arthur C. Clarke, The Exploration of Space, p. 111:
- in the long term
- French: à terme, à long terme, à la longue
- German: auf lange Sicht, langfristig
- Italian: alla fin fine, alla lunga, a lungo andare
- Portuguese: a longo prazo
- Russian: долгосро́чно
- Spanish: a largo plazo, a la larga
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