days on end

idiom

: several or many days in a row
Sometimes they didn't speak to each other for days on end.

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Instead of merely making a tent that's as light as possible at the cost of comfort, Durston understands that backpackers and mountaineers will be living in their tent night after night and might very well be holed up for days on end, waiting out dangerous weather and conditions. New Atlas, 6 May 2025 Considering that most tour legs stretch for days on end, Bieber brings in an eight-figure revenue during each tour. Jenzia Burgos, StyleCaster, 17 Apr. 2025 Families would drive for days on end, and finding a nice stopover was a big deal. Rosecrans Baldwin, Travel + Leisure, 12 Apr. 2025 Grand Tours cater to spindly, ultralight cyclists who can ascend 3,000-foot mountain passes for days on end. Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 2 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for days on end

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“Days on end.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/days%20on%20end. Accessed 14 May. 2025.

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