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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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English idioms related to Influence & Involvement
swan song
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the last important thing that a person does before their retirement or death

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

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

Ex: The brought many promising businesses to naught, leaving entrepreneurs in distress .
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to completely fail to achieve any success or fulfill one's expectation

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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 decide to put an end to something by dealing with it

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

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to prevent the occurrence or continuation of an activity

Ex: The patient 's family had to make the painful decision pull the plug on life support after consulting with medical professionals .
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to make something end, particularly by ruining what was planned

Ex: After numerous delays , the government 's infrastructure project put paid to the traffic congestion issue.
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to prevent something from happening or making more progress

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

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

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

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to prepare oneself for death, dismissal, etc.

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

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

Ex: In the modern era , encyclopedias in printed form have a thing of the past, as people turn to online sources for information .
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to remove or destroy someone or something completely

Ex: The ruthless dictator threatened to use nuclear weapons wipe entire nations off the face of the earth.
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(of a quality, idea, or principle) to not longer exist or be forgotten

Ex: In the excitement of the moment , their careful planning for the went out the window.
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(of a plan or course of action) to fail to succeed or produce the expected results

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