tail end

American  

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.

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tail end British  

noun

1. the last, endmost, or final part

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tail end Idioms  

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

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

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Etymology

Origin of tail end

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400

Example Sentences

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tail end

That was exactly what I, and other young and foolish people, thought in 2000, at the tail end of the technology bubble.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026

Modi will be in New Zealand for little more than a day, at the tail end of a July 6-11 tour that has also taken him to Indonesia and Australia.

From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026

It’s worth noting she first gained recognition in Hollywood near the tail end of the 2010s, a decade defined by confessional, antiheroic millennial dramedy in the comically self-aware vein of “Girls,” “Insecure” and “Broad City.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2026

On Friday, Kumar was near the tail end of a line of around 100 people, many of them women with children in tow, at a gas dealer in Noida.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 22, 2026

In the early 1960s, during what my mother referred to as "the tail end of the Lassie years," my parents were given two collies, which they named Rastus and Duchess.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris