on end

Idioms  

1. Continuously, without interruption, as in It's been raining for days on end. This term, which might just as well be put “seemingly without end,” dates from about 1300.

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on end

For hours on end, we cruise around, seeing parrots, wallabies, a goanna and a couple of echidnas - but no numbats.

From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026

In the end, Price’s designer makeover came at the perfect time, concluding just before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, which saw the family forced to quarantine inside the dwelling for weeks on end.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026

Can I buy SpaceX or OpenAI or Anthropic stock, hold it for years or decades on end, and beat the market?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026

German media have broadcast the hapless creature lying motionless in shallow water for hours on end, with men in diving suits splashing water on it using kayak paddles.

From Barron's ● Apr. 23, 2026

We pored over our calculations for weeks on end.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson

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