End-of-the-line Definition

noun

The termination point of a railway or similar transportation system.

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(idiomatic) Final cessation or discontinuance of a process, institution, or person, especially one which has existed for a considerable period of time; death.

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Noun

Singular:
end-of-the-line
Plural:
ends of the line, ends of the lines

End-of-the-line Sentence Examples

  • The voice on the other end of the line responded dryly.

  • Dean turned away from the frightened woman and hurriedly tied one end of the line to the back bumper of his Jeep.

  • Dean's Jeep was at the uphill end of the line of cluttered vehicles and Lydia Larkin was long gone by the time he was free to leave.

  • Dean tried to remember how Ryland had described the method of securing the other end of the line to the climber's body.

  • Fortunate for him it was then near enough to the end of the line that his fall wasn't far enough to kill him.

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