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loose ends

final, relatively minor matters still to be taken care of

Etymology: from the ends of a spliced rope

loose ends Idioms

at loose ends

Etymology: orig., naut., with reference to rope

  1. in an unsettled, disorganized, or confused condition
  2. without anything definite to do
  3. unemployed

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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