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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Example Sentences

He insisted on renting a tiny studio space in Manhattan, where they could both hole up, hang some posters for inspiration and try out sounds for hours on end.

From Los Angeles Times

The book poured out of El Akkad, though normally a slow writer: “I was writing quite furiously for months on end,” he told Dan Sheehan of Lithub.

From Los Angeles Times

It's designed to patrol for months on end, working autonomously with dozens of other gliders, using software trained on decades of acoustic data.

From BBC

He flaunted his wealth at every turn, refusing to do the standard meet-and-greets in diners and living rooms in favor of big rallies where he stood above the crowd and regaled them for hours on end.

From Salon

We pored over our calculations for weeks on end.

From Literature

Related Words

• erect
• perpendicular
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