Influence & Involvement - Ending
Explore English idioms that relate to endings, including "wither on the vine" and "swan song".
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the last important thing that a person does before their retirement or death
(of any finite resource) to be completely or nearly finished
to cause something to fail in achieving any success or fulfilling any expectation
to completely fail to achieve any success or fulfill one's expectation
to stop working or participating in an activity, usually at the end of the day or when one feels that they have done enough
to decide to put an end to something by dealing with it
used to say that a person has definitely left an activity or place and will not change their mind about it
to prove to someone that what they believe in or think about is not true
to prevent the occurrence or continuation of an activity
to make something end, particularly by ruining what was planned
to prevent something from happening or making more progress
to put a sudden stop to something one was doing for some time
to accept the fact that one has lost something and might never be able to get it back
to decide that it is impossible to help something succeed because there seems to be no hope
to prepare oneself for death, dismissal, etc.
to put an end to something, particularly something bad, that has been going on for some time
something that does not exist or happen anymore due to being replaced by something more modern or desirable
to remove or destroy someone or something completely
(of a quality, idea, or principle) to not longer exist or be forgotten
(of a plan or course of action) to fail to succeed or produce the expected results
to move on from a past problem and start a new stage
to stop focusing on a problem and move on
