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Influence & Involvement - Ending

Explore English idioms that relate to endings, including "wither on the vine" and "swan song".

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swan song

the last important thing that a person does before their retirement or death

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to be all up

(of any finite resource) to be completely or nearly finished

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to bring something to naught

to cause something to fail in achieving any success or fulfilling any expectation

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to come to naught

to completely fail to achieve any success or fulfill one's expectation

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to call it a day

to stop working or participating in an activity, usually at the end of the day or when one feels that they have done enough

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to draw a line under something

to decide to put an end to something by dealing with it

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somebody has left the building

used to say that a person has definitely left an activity or place and will not change their mind about it

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to lay something to rest

to prove to someone that what they believe in or think about is not true

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to pull the plug

to prevent the occurrence or continuation of an activity

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to put paid to something

to make something end, particularly by ruining what was planned

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to put the brakes on

to prevent something from happening or making more progress

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to give something a rest

to put a sudden stop to something one was doing for some time

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to kiss something goodbye

to accept the fact that one has lost something and might never be able to get it back

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to give up something as a bad job

to decide that it is impossible to help something succeed because there seems to be no hope

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to kiss one's ass goodbye

to prepare oneself for death, dismissal, etc.

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to close the book on something

to put an end to something, particularly something bad, that has been going on for some time

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a thing of the past

something that does not exist or happen anymore due to being replaced by something more modern or desirable

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to wipe somebody or something off the map

to remove or destroy someone or something completely

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to go out the (of) window

(of a quality, idea, or principle) to not longer exist or be forgotten

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to wither on the vine

(of a plan or course of action) to fail to succeed or produce the expected results

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