also long-run, "ultimate outcome," 1620s, from long (adj.) + run (n.); the notion is "when events have run their course." As an adjective from 1804.
in the long run we will all be dead
in the long run we will win
lonesome
long
-long
long johns
long pig
long run
long shot
long-ago
longanimity
long-beard
long-boat
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