the beginning of the end

noun phrase

: the start of a series of events that leads to the end

The argument marked the beginning of the end of their marriage.

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This is the beginning of the end of major bowls, right? —

Stewart Mandel, The Athletic, 10 Dec. 2024 The first writers’ room for The Good Place assembled in early 2016, in what no one yet knew was the beginning of the end. —

Nate Jones, Vulture, 20 Aug. 2024 Lord Justice Taylor’s report into the tragic events of April 15, 1989, recommending a move to all-seater stadiums on safety grounds, marked the beginning of the end for Huddersfield’s Leeds Road, and many grounds like it. —

Richard Sutcliffe, The Athletic, 12 Aug. 2024 That incident became a watershed moment in Florida and other parts of the country that marked the beginning of the end of electrocution. —

Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 19 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for the beginning of the end

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