the devil take the hindmost

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(Every man for himself and the devil take the hindmost) Everyone has to fight for his or her own survival. (You can use this to describe an extremely competitive situation.)

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devil take the hindmost
An imprecation that everyone should look after their own interests, leaving those who cannot cope to whatever fate befalls them

And coldly see the all-conquering valiant Sons of Toil sit enchanted, by the million, in their Poor-Law Bastille, as if this were Nature’s Law; — mumbling to ourselves some vague janglement of Laissez-faire, Supply-and-demand, Cash-payment the one nexus of man to man: Free-trade, Competition, and Devil take the hindmost, our latest Gospel yet preached!.

devil take the hindmost
each person follows his self-interest and leaves others go as they may; last one loses
the devil take the hindmost
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