the end of the line
noun phrase
informal
: the end (as of a condition or situation)
It will be the end of the line for me unless there are some changes around here.
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Friday was, from the outsiders’ perspective at least, expected to be the end of the line.
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Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 28 Mar. 2025
At the end of the line, employees physically scan the packages by hand and affix the final label before it gets sent off to shipping, Klippel said.
—Michelle L. Quinn, Chicago Tribune, 19 Mar. 2025
People who are paying for their next meal in installments have reached the end of the line.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025
At others, the idle pump jacks stood silent — corroded skeletons at the end of the line, the detritus of another run through the playbook.
—Mark Olalde, ProPublica, 30 Dec. 2024
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Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 28 Mar. 2025
At the end of the line, employees physically scan the packages by hand and affix the final label before it gets sent off to shipping, Klippel said.
—Michelle L. Quinn, Chicago Tribune, 19 Mar. 2025
People who are paying for their next meal in installments have reached the end of the line.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025
At others, the idle pump jacks stood silent — corroded skeletons at the end of the line, the detritus of another run through the playbook.
—Mark Olalde, ProPublica, 30 Dec. 2024
See All Example Sentences for the end of the line
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“The end of the line.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20end%20of%20the%20line. Accessed 12 Apr. 2025.
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