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  • 41end — [[t]ɛnd[/t]] n. 1) the last part, lengthwise, of anything that is longer than it is wide: the end of a rope[/ex] 2) a point that indicates the full extent of something; limit; bounds 3) a part or place at or adjacent to an extremity: the west end …

    From formal English to slang

  • 42end of the road — or[end of the line] {n. phr.} The final result or end (as of a way of action or behavior); the condition that comes when you can do no more. * /He had left a trail of forgery and dishonesty across seven states; he had got out of each trouble with …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 43end of the road — or[end of the line] {n. phr.} The final result or end (as of a way of action or behavior); the condition that comes when you can do no more. * /He had left a trail of forgery and dishonesty across seven states; he had got out of each trouble with …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 44end — I. noun Etymology: Middle English ende, from Old English; akin to Old High German enti end, Latin ante before, Greek anti against Date: before 12th century 1. a. the part of an area that lies at the boundary b. (1) a point that marks the extent… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 45come apart — phrasal verb [intransitive] Word forms come apart : present tense I/you/we/they come apart he/she/it comes apart present participle coming apart past tense came apart past participle come apart 1) if an object comes apart, it separates into… …

    English dictionary

  • 46end — noun see the end crowns the work the end justifies the means all good things must come to an end the devil can quote Scripture for his own ends everything has an end he who wills the end, wills the means …

    Proverbs new dictionary

  • 47end\ up — v 1. To come to an end; be ended or finished; stop. How does the story end up? 2. To finally reach or arrive; land. I hope you don t end up in jail. 3. informal To die, be killed. The gangster ended up in the electric chair. 4. • finish up To put …

    Словарь американских идиом

  • 48come of — Synonyms and related words: attend, become of, come about, come out, develop, end, ensue, eventuate, fall out, fare, follow, issue, pan out, prove, prove to be, result, terminate, turn out, unfold, work out …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 49End — The Jewish belief in the first centuries BCE and CE was not that this world would come to an end but that the existing world order would be transformed. Mythical language (Isa. 11:7–9) and cosmic imagery (Isa. 24:23) were used to prophesy vast… …

    Dictionary of the Bible

  • 50End time — End time, End times, or End of days are the eschatological writings in the three Abrahamic religions and in doomsday scenarios in various other non Abrahamic religions. In Abrahamic religions, End times are often depicted as a time of tribulation …

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