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

While this is the end of the road for this historic Winchester team, Dembowski said the impact of this group on the town has put the program in a strong place for the future. —Jack Murray, Boston Herald, 27 Nov. 2025

Perkins said the green electrical gate with no trespassing signs was put up earlier this month by Christopher George, a rancher and mortgage company owner, who lives at the end of the road. —Sooji Nam, CBS News, 22 Nov. 2025

Dun dun dun…sadly and shockingly, this is the end of the road for Leavitt and Ballas. —Katie Campione, Deadline, 18 Nov. 2025

Yet another former prime minister reaching the end of the road in his legal battle to exonerate himself suggests a deeper hollowing out and evisceration of Pakistan’s legal institutions. —Rafia Zakaria, Time, 6 Nov. 2025

Rhymes for the end of the road

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