crack of doom
Americannoun
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the signal that announces the Day of Judgment.
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the end of the world; doomsday.
Example Sentences
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Good work can stretch on until the crack of doom.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2017
The Red Sox look at names like John Lackey and Carl Crawford and wonder if they’ll be paying them forever or just until the crack of doom.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 9, 2011
No more Hogwarts, no more adventures for Harry, no more life-and-death battles with the forces of darkness, just a long line of repeats stretching to the crack of doom.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 6, 2011
No other has such a variety of sounds; the $100,000 contraptions of the cinema palaces can imitate anything from a peanut whistle to the crack of doom.
From Time Magazine Archive
But like the crack of doom, the headwaiter’s voice rang out: “All be upstanding for Her Royal Highness, the Duchess of Cheddar Gorge!”
From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck
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