Usually means: Selfish attitude, disregard for others.
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  1. (the) devil take the hindmost: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. the devil take the hindmost: Collins English Dictionary
  3. devil take the hindmost: Wiktionary
  4. the devil take the hindmost: Dictionary.com
  5. Devil Take the Hindmost: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. the devil take the hindmost: TheFreeDictionary.com
  7. The Devil take the hindmost: Phrase Finder

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  1. devil take the hindmost, the devil take the hindmost: Idioms

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  2. Devil Take the Hindmost: Bicycle Glossary
  3. Devil-take-the-hindmost: Sports Definitions

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Definitions from Wikipedia (Devil Take the Hindmost)

▸ noun:  "Devil take the hindmost" is a proverbial expression, first in print in 1611 (see Wiktionary).

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