in the end

Adverbial in the end has 2 senses

• in the end(r = adv.all) in the long run - after a very lengthy period of time; "she will succeed in the long run"
• in the end(r = adv.all) at last, at long last, finally, ultimately - as the end result of a succession or process; "ultimately he had to give in"; "at long last the winter was over"