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come to an end

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Definition of come to an end

: to reach an end
  • The work has finally come to an end.
  • After three weeks the strike finally came to an end.
  • Summer always seems to come to an end much too quickly.
  • The curtain fell as the play came to an end.

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end play

  1. : the part of an area that lies at the boundary

  2. : a point that marks the extent of something

  3. : the point where something ceases to exist

  1. : to bring to an end

  2. : destroy

  3. : to make up the end of

  1. : final, ultimate

  1. : to put (grain or hay) into a barn or stack

  1. : within : inside — compare ect-, exo-

  2. : taking in

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