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End Play
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end up
To conclude, turn out, sometimes unexpectedly.
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bitter end
That part of an anchor cable which is abaft the bitts and thus remains onboard when a ship is riding at anchor.
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bitter end
The end of a long and difficult process.
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business end
The part of a tool or other similar item, that is physically used for its operation, rather than the part which is held.
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dead end
A path or strategy that goes nowhere or is blocked on one end.
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dead end
cul-de-sac
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deep end
A situation where expertise or experience is required.
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deep end
The part of a swimming pool with relatively deep water.
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end of
A short form of end of story.
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end up
To arrive at a destination, sometimes unexpectedly.
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end up
To eventually do.
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loose end
A small job that needs to be done, or minor problem that needs to be resolved, before a task can be considered complete.
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loose end
The end of a rope that has not been fastened.
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on end
Remarkably long; continuously.
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on end
Upright; erect; endways.
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wits' end
A. 1911, John Muir, in John Muir and Michael P. Branch, John Muir's Last Journey: South to the Amazon and East to Africa, 2002, page 138.
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wits' end
Limit of one's sanity or mental capacity; point of desperation.
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stand on end
To stand erect, bristle, especially from fear.
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to that end
For that reason, with that goal, intending to produce that result.
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play around
To behave in a silly, or childish, or irresponsible way.
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play down
To make or attempt to make something seem less important, likely, or obvious.
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play up
To misbehave.
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play along
To take part in a charade, deception, or practical joke.
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child's play
Something particularly simple or easy.
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grandstand play
A successful play or other manoeuvre during a sporting competition in which one or more players shows off unnecessarily in order to entertain or impress the spectators.
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play around
To work with in a non-serious manner.
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play around
To engage in sexual practices outside of marriage.
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play ball
An expression used at the beginning of a game of baseball.
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play ball
To start anything tumultuous.
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play ball
To work together; to cooperate.
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play dumb
To pretend to be mute.
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play dumb
To pretend to be slow-witted or lacking in specific knowledge, usually in order to avoid responsibility or to gain some advantage.
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play games
To deceive, to lie about one's intentions.
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play hardball
To act rough and ruthless, especially in politics or business.
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play hardball
To use every means possible to achieve a goal, especially in disregarding the harm caused.
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play hookey
To be absent without permission, especially from school.
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play hooky
To miss school, work, or other duties without permission or an excuse.
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play possum
To dissemble or to feign ignorance; to disguise or conceal something in order to deceive.
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play possum
To feign death; to remain quiet and still to escape attention or remain undetected; to lay low.
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play possum
To feign sleep, illness, etc.
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play up
To make or attempt to make something appear more important, likely or obvious; to showcase or highlight.
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get one's end away
To have sex.
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arse end of nowhere
A very remote place.
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end of the line
Final cessation or discontinuance of a process, institution, or person, especially one which has existed for a considerable period of time; death.
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end of the line
The termination point of a railway or similar transportation system.
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end of the world
Any change that seems catastrophic or devastating.
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end of the world
End of habitability for life on Earth.
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end of the world
End of humanity.
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end of the world
End of the planet Earth.
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hold up one's end
I'm holding up my end and you had better hold up yours.
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