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not the end of the world

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Definition of not the end of the world

informal
: the most terrible and unpleasant thing possible
  • You would think it was the end of the world the way she's carrying on.
—usually used in negative statements to mean something is not as terrible as it seems to be
  • It won't be the end of the world if it rains on the day of the wedding.
  • Losing your job does not have to be the end of the world.

Word by Word Definitions

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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world play

  1. : the earthly state of human existence

  2. : life after death

  3. : the earth with its inhabitants and all things upon it

  1. : of or relating to the world

  2. : extending or found throughout the world : worldwide

  3. : involving or applying to part of or the whole world

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