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. 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 See all Example Sentences for the end of the line 

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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 28 Nov. 2024.

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