What is another word for end of the line?

Pronunciation: [ˈɛnd ɒvðə lˈa͡ɪn] (IPA)

The phrase "end of the line" is commonly used to describe a situation where all options have been exhausted or a final decision has been made. However, there are many other phrases that convey similar meanings. For instance, "the final straw" alludes to a situation where a person reaches their breaking point. "The last hurrah" implies that a person or group's final effort is being made. "The endgame" suggests that the final stages of a project or situation are being reached. "The finish line" connotes that a goal has been achieved. Overall, there are many synonyms for "end of the line" that can amplfully express the end of something.

What are the hypernyms for End of the line?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Famous quotes with End of the line

  • Monofilament is what you use to go fishing. The line on your fishing rod is probably going to be black. You get to the end of the line and you tie on this clear plastic, thin thread called monofilament.
    John Badham
  • The young think that failure is the Siberian end of the line, banishment from all the living, and tend to do what I then did - which was to hide.
    James A. Baldwin
  • Jane Austen is at the end of the line that begins with Samuel Richardson, which takes wonder and magic out of the novel, treats not the past but the present.
    Leslie Fiedler
  • By the time I was four, I would walk around the corner and wait at a local streetcar stop, get on the streetcar with somebody who looked like they could be my mother and go to the end of the line.
    Maureen Forrester
  • Americans enjoy uniformity in a way that the British don't; they wanted everybody of a sort of nice chorus line height and here I was, this person who was a good three inches taller than anyone else on the end of the line.
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