the end of the road

noun phrase

informal

: the end (as of a condition or situation)

A loss in the primary elections will mean the end of the road for his campaign.

They reached the end of the road as a couple a long time ago.

Examples of the end of the road in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The National Park Service notes that the arch’s observation point is located just about 1,000 feet past the gate at the end of the road. —Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 19 Aug. 2025

Here's a roundup of models that are hitting the end of the road in 2025. —Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 18 Aug. 2025

Tiffany Stratton got her biggest career win at WrestleMania 41 over Charlotte Flair, in a heated grudge match, and SummerSlam feels like the end of the road. —Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2025

Then an earlier snapshot of Pete and Raymond with a rainbow stretching out from the end of the road, but the seed of tension is there. —Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 25 July 2025

Rhymes for the end of the road

• abode
• anode
• barcode
• bestowed
• boatload
• borrowed
• carload
• caseload
• cathode
• commode
• corrode
• crossroad