At the long run, now, commonly, In the long run, in or during the whole
process or course of things taken together; in the final result; in the
end; finally.
[Man] starts the inferior of the brute animals, but he surpasses
them in the long run.
J. H. Newman.
-- Home run. (a) A running or returning toward home, or to the point
from which the start was made. Cf. Home stretch. (b) (Baseball) See
under Home. -- The run, or The common run, etc., ordinary persons; the
generality or average of people or things; also, that which ordinarily
occurs; ordinary current, course, or kind.