the end of the line/road
Definition
› the point where it is no longer possible to continue with a process or activity: We've struggled on for as long as we could, but now we're at the end of the line. When the bank refused to lend us any more money we realized we'd reached the end of the road.Ends and endings
(Definition of the end of the line/road from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- accomplishment noun
- break noun (END)
- break-up noun (END)
- cessation noun
- chop noun (CUT)
- coda noun
- completion noun
- death noun
- demise noun
- deus ex machina noun
- end noun (LAST POINT)
- end-of-season adjective
- expiry noun
- finish noun (COMPLETE/END)
- it'll (all) end in tears. idiom
- last hurrah noun
- later adjective (TOWARDS THE END)
- passing noun (TIME)
- swansong noun
- termination noun (ENDING)
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