come to an end
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Conclude, terminate, as in the familiar proverb, All things come to an end , stated by Geoffrey Chaucer in Troilus and Cressida (c. 1374).
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come to a bad end ; come to no good . Have a bad outcome or die in an unpleasant way. For example, I always suspected this venture would come to no good , or Her parents feared he would come to a bad end .
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. Die at a young age, terminate much sooner than desired or expected. For example, The blow was fatal, causing the young boxer to meet an untimely end , or Our partnership came to an untimely end when I became too ill to work . Also see dead end .
Example Sentences
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For those war refugees who have come seeking sanctuary in the UK, a major question is what would they do should the war come to an end?
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It means, he says, the industry will see problems worsen in the future as government discounts come to an end.
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When it closes, three quarters of a century of nuclear history in Scotland will come to an end.
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Earlier this month, the 26-year-old wrote on X that her years-long legal battle had "come to an end" and thanked everyone who had supported her during the journey.
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Also, oil prices are likely to decline as soon as recent production outages that have been supporting prices come to an end, Commerzbank Research’s Carsten Fritsch says in a research report.
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