Meaning of end of the line | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The termination point of a railway or similar transportation system.
2. The final cessation or discontinuance of a process, institution, lineage, or person, especially one which has existed for a considerable period of time; death.
   idiomatic

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Examples

“Sometimes she took the cable car to the end of the line, then walked to the Presidio.”

“Well, Joe lost control, went into a skid / And gave his life to save that bunch-a kids / And there at that crossroads, was the end of the line / For Big Joe and Phantom 309”

“Gyanendra's 269-year-old Shah dynasty has reached the end of the line.”

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