tail end

noun

1. the hinder or rear part of anything.

2. the concluding or final part or section; tag end.

   the tail end of a lecture.

tail end

noun

1. the last, endmost, or final part

Word History and Origins

Origin of tail end¹

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400

Idioms and Phrases

The rear or hindmost part, as in Douglas was at the tail end of the academic procession . [Mid-1700s]

The very end, the conclusion, as in Only at the tail end of his speech did he thank his sponsors . [Mid-1800s]

Example Sentences

My mom and I were about to spend six days crossing the Atlantic Ocean on a 4,200-passenger cruise ship—at the tail end of hurricane season.

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Economic activity in the manufacturing sector shrank in October for the eighth consecutive month, after a two-month expansion at the tail end of the Biden administration, the Institute for Supply Management reported.

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"The data tells us that warm Jupiters are not just the tail end of hot Jupiters," Muñoz said.

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U.S. natural gas futures edged up in rangebound trade with mild weather at the tail end of the storage injection season keeping a lid on gains.

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And during this delayed tail end of monsoon, they have recorded at least one episode of extreme rainfall almost every year for the past decade, with mountain weather becoming dangerous.

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