end
- noun
- /ɛnd/
- Men also need to hold up their end of the deal for this to work.
- keep up your end
- hold up your end
- end of the bargain
OGN is going to do things on his end down in Gaunt Port.
- OGN is going to do things on his end down in Gaunt Port.
- I think production end of it is science.
- It can feel like that way if you're on my end of the, the debate.
- our relationship isn't transactional on his end or on my end. That's not why we're together.
- So they Rutherford held up to his end of the bargain and gave me an airborne contract.
- If he doesn't have that, his end of the entitled state isn't useful.
Examples
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I plan to stick to my end if you stick to yours.
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And then one day, he refused to hold up his end of the bargain.
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You got to hold up your end now.
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I took care of business on my end.
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My end of the deal's done.
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You take care of your end, kid; I'll take care of mine.
Fiction book (1997) -
We were a team... as long as I kept up my end of the bargain, as long as I kept winning.
Fiction book (1999) -
I never keep my end of the bargain.
Academic text (2010) -
If you don't hold up your end of the deal, I don't owe you anything.
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You need to hold up your end of the agreement for it to work.
Idioms
- Informal
You are unable to deal with something because you have no patience or energy
- Informal
To be told again and again about something you did wrong in an angry way
- Informal
Keep doing something until it is completely finished, even when it is very hard
- Informal
Finish badly and leave people sad or disappointed after a hopeful start
- Informal
To have other people keep talking about something embarrassing or annoying
- Informal
Start a difficult task without much preparation or experience
- Informal
Put suddenly into a difficult situation without preparation or help
- Informal
To end up by chance with an unpleasant task or in a worse position
- Informal
To think about things beyond your own immediate needs
- Informal
A way of looking at a situation that makes small details seem more important than the big picture
Compounds
- Formal
The final event when God judges all people and decides their eternal fate
- Jargon
In American football, a player on offense who lines up next to the tackle and blocks and catches passes
- Informal
The final, most difficult part of something that you keep doing until it ends
- Specialized
The part of a program that runs on a server and stores and processes data
- Specialized
That protects data so only the sender and receiver can read or change it
- Specialized
A small part at the end of a nerve that senses touch or makes a muscle move
- Specialized
A company that sells a set number of shares that trade on the stock market
- Jargon
An attempt to move the ball by running around the end of the line in American football
- Formal
A decision about medical care when a person is near death, whether to continue life-saving treatment or focus on comfort
At the far end of a seaside pier that has simple shows, cafes and small attractions
- Specialized
A company that issues a fixed number of shares which are traded on a stock market
- Archaic
A performer at one end of a line in an old minstrel show who speaks and makes people laugh
- Specialized
Written pages after the main text that give extra information, like an index or a list of sources
- Specialized
A species or group that cannot have young and so ends its family line
- Specialized
A borrowing plan that lets you borrow up to a set limit and use it again as you repay
- Specialized
A company that sells and buys back shares any time at a price based on its assets
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word end also means the part or responsibility someone must do, as in 'do your end' of the bargain, since it came to mean a 'part' or 'side' of an agreement.