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

Berkeley, as Aptheker describes it, was still caught in the tail end of the McCarthyism of the 1950s, when the 1st Amendment was almost felled by fear of government reprisals.

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In the tail end of the track, the point of view changes to the other side.

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Indeed, Fingerprints Music and Cardi B accommodated around 200 to 300 more people toward the tail end of the event from among those who didn’t make the list.

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Mary Xjimenez, a spokeswoman for CDCR, said two prisoners were shot outside a facility where inmates can serve the tail end of their sentences in a residential setting.

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Now, at the tail end of this deal, comes “Happy Gilmore 2,” a sequel reminding us just how far comedy has come, yet how little Sandler’s style has changed.

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