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tail end
noun
- the hinder or rear part of anything.
- the concluding or final part or section; tag end:
the tail end of a lecture.
tail end
noun
- the last, endmost, or final part
Word History and Origins
Origin of tail end1
Example Sentences
You joined at the tail end of a season that was already going on.
Full disclosure: As someone born in 1963, I am at the very tail end of the baby boom.
While the horrific wig is gone, the creative momentum the show found in the tail end of its first season is still strong.
I was at the tail end of that generation, and it had a significant impact on me.
Coddington was born in Anglesey, an island off the coast of Wales, and grew up during the tail end of World War II.
If K. gets into a bad temper over the opening of my cable, its tail end should lift him out again.
I want to be sure K. himself takes notice and that is why I refer to him at the tail end of the cable.
That police car, roaring up from behind, siren a-scream, smashed into the tail end of their job.
They had some sittin' in carriages, 'way at the tail end; but I wouldn't like that.
Mertz and Ninnis therefore lowered me down and I attached a rope to the tail-end of the sledge.
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