"have the last laugh" meaning in English

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      "form": "has the last laugh",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "having the last laugh",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "had the last laugh",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "had the last laugh",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The author had the last laugh over the publishers who had rejected her now best-selling book.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be vindicated; to triumph despite predicted failure; to find success after defeat or setback."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "vindicated",
          "vindicated"
        ],
        [
          "triumph",
          "triumph"
        ],
        [
          "predicted",
          "predicted"
        ],
        [
          "failure",
          "failure"
        ],
        [
          "success",
          "success"
        ],
        [
          "defeat",
          "defeat"
        ],
        [
          "setback",
          "setback"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To be vindicated; to triumph despite predicted failure; to find success after defeat or setback."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "he who laughs last laughs best"
        },
        {
          "word": "laugh all the way to the bank"
        },
        {
          "word": "laugh on the other side of one's face"
        },
        {
          "word": "the joke is on someone"
        },
        {
          "word": "have the last word"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "get the last laugh"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
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  "word": "have the last laugh"
}

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    {
      "form": "has the last laugh",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "having the last laugh",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "had the last laugh",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "had the last laugh",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "he who laughs last laughs best"
    },
    {
      "word": "laugh all the way to the bank"
    },
    {
      "word": "laugh on the other side of one's face"
    },
    {
      "word": "the joke is on someone"
    },
    {
      "word": "have the last word"
    }
  ],
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        "English idioms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English verbs",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The author had the last laugh over the publishers who had rejected her now best-selling book.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be vindicated; to triumph despite predicted failure; to find success after defeat or setback."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "vindicated",
          "vindicated"
        ],
        [
          "triumph",
          "triumph"
        ],
        [
          "predicted",
          "predicted"
        ],
        [
          "failure",
          "failure"
        ],
        [
          "success",
          "success"
        ],
        [
          "defeat",
          "defeat"
        ],
        [
          "setback",
          "setback"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To be vindicated; to triumph despite predicted failure; to find success after defeat or setback."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "get the last laugh"
    }
  ],
  "word": "have the last laugh"
}