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living end

noun

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  1. The most extreme form of something or the final and most impactful development in a…

    The most extreme form of something or the final and most impactful development in a series of events — whether favorable or unfavorable

    • This is the guy who was supposed to be the living end when he came into the NBA in 1959. Yet the Warriors have never been better than second with him.
    • “We don't pretend that this bill is going to be the living end,” Senate President Phil Lewis said. “. . . But hopefully this is landmark legislation.”
    • Hitchcock uses a dazzling bag of tricks in Saboteur (1942)—Sunday at 2 A.M. on Channel 9—and that Statue of Liberty torch-hanger is the living end.

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