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

He intends to continue Berkshire’s tradition of annual meetings where shareholders pepper management with questions for hours on end, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

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

But the idea behind it sprawls for miles and keeps Bowen talking for hours on end: Route 66.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026

The chill rising off of them caught in his chest and made the hairs on the back of his neck stand on end.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

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