Meaning of tail end | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The hindmost part of anything (a person, animal, or object), the rear end; the butt, buttocks; hindquarters, rump.
2. The last part of a period of time, event, or situation; the concluding or final part.
   figuratively

Equivalents

Examples

“At the tail end⟳ of summer.”

“The tail end⟳ of a lecture⟳.”

“The tail end⟳ of a conversation.”

“An equipment malfunction has woken him up 90 years early, and he’s now doomed to live⟳ out the rest⟳ of his life surrounded by sushi bars and infinity pools, but not a single human companion.(The other 5,000 passengers on board⟳ will wake⟳ up at the tail end⟳ of the ship’s 120-year voyage to Earth colony Homestead-II.)”

“We meet⟳ at the tail-end of the Edinburgh TV Festival, normally a hum of desperate pitching and angry gossiping among media executives.”

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