end to end

idiom

: with ends touching each other
Put the two small tables end to end.
railroad cars lined up end to end

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The parts add up: a blue segment and a yellow segment, laid end to end, are exactly as long as a black segment. Steven Strogatz, New York Times, 16 June 2025 Agents will tie them together and run them end to end. Jason Kim, Forbes.com, 11 June 2025 Now compare that to D.C. to Baltimore: a mere 35 miles, and not exactly packed from end to end. Angelette C. Aviles, Baltimore Sun, 19 Apr. 2025 Wreck 5 was built using a method known as caravel planking, where planks are placed end to end without overlapping, archaeologist and project leader Håkan Altrock said in the release. Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 7 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for end to end

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“End to end.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/end%20to%20end. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.

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