the beginning of the end
noun phrase
: the start of a series of events that leads to the end
The argument marked the beginning of the end of their marriage.
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First stop was the Cannes Yachting Festival that signals the beginning of the end of the Mediterranean yachting season.
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Bill Springer, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Their eventual break-up leads to the beginning of the end for her at Tinder.
—Barry Levitt, Time, 19 Sep. 2025
Mac Jones was strip-sacked in the second quarter for a defensive touchdown, the beginning of the end for the Bill Belichick era.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
Whether or not that is the beginning of the end for linear TV is a prophecy game more than anything right now.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2025
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Bill Springer, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Their eventual break-up leads to the beginning of the end for her at Tinder.
—Barry Levitt, Time, 19 Sep. 2025
Mac Jones was strip-sacked in the second quarter for a defensive touchdown, the beginning of the end for the Bill Belichick era.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
Whether or not that is the beginning of the end for linear TV is a prophecy game more than anything right now.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for the beginning of the end
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“The beginning of the end.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20beginning%20of%20the%20end. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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