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end of the line

noun

Definitions

  1. The termination point of a railway or similar transportation system.

    • Sometimes she took the cable car to the end of the line, then walked to the Presidio.

  2. The final cessation or discontinuance of a process, institution, lineage, or person,…

    The final cessation or discontinuance of a process, institution, lineage, or person, especially one which has existed for a considerable period of time; death.

    • Well, Joe lost control, went into a skid / And gave his life to save that bunch-a kids / And there at that crossroads, was the end of the line / For Big Joe and Phantom 309
    • Gyanendra's 269-year-old Shah dynasty has reached the end of the line.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA