the end of the line
noun phrase
informal
: the end (as of a condition or situation)
It will be the end of the line for me unless there are some changes around here.
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Nor is Tom Bombadil’s warning that if the Stranger fails the next trial that’ll be the end of the line for his quest.
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Keith Phipps, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2024
Yet now even Intel’s 1.8 nm chip is not the end of the line.
—Geoff Colvin, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2024
Rare Mileage Excursion, noon, Lebanon Mason & Monroe Railroad, 16 E. South St., Lebanon. 4-hour excursion operates all the way to the end of the line in Mason.
—Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 20 Sep. 2024
Demise of Public Transit The end of the war marked the end of the line for streetcars.
—Jay L. Zagorsky, WIRED, 24 Aug. 2024
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Keith Phipps, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2024
Yet now even Intel’s 1.8 nm chip is not the end of the line.
—Geoff Colvin, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2024
Rare Mileage Excursion, noon, Lebanon Mason & Monroe Railroad, 16 E. South St., Lebanon. 4-hour excursion operates all the way to the end of the line in Mason.
—Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 20 Sep. 2024
Demise of Public Transit The end of the war marked the end of the line for streetcars.
—Jay L. Zagorsky, WIRED, 24 Aug. 2024
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“The end of the line.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20end%20of%20the%20line. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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