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

England were fortunate when it came to the tail end of Wayne Rooney's international career.

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 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

This was before my time; I joined the college in 1965 at the tail end of the bitterness, when similar disagreements forced another Nobel Prize-winning Master, Sir Nevill Mott, to resign.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking