LOOSE END Definition & Meaning

View synonyms for

loose end

noun

a part or piece left hanging, unattached, or unused:
Remind me to tack down that loose end on the stairway carpet.
an unsettled detail, as of a business matter:
The arrangements have been made, except for a few loose ends.

loose end

noun

a detail that is left unsettled, unexplained, or incomplete
at a loose end
without purpose or occupation

Discover More

�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of loose end¹

First recorded in 1540–50

Discover More

Idioms and Phrases

at loose ends, in an uncertain or unsettled situation or position: Also at a loose end.
Ever since leaving the company, he's been at loose ends.

Discover More

Example Sentences

Examples have not been reviewed.

The latest installment of “The White Lotus” comes to an end on Sunday and everyone is speculating about how the series will wrap up its loose ends, who will die and how.

From

“The Monkey” is filled with loose ends, ideas about absent fathers and childhood trauma that have their emotional impact shredded to bits by lawnmower accidents and shotgun blasts.

From

Although the gardeners had their own responsibilities, Villegas said that he and his crew tied up any loose ends after the contracted workers left.

From

"It's not exactly surprising that in a process and negotiation that has been this challenging and this fraught, you may get a loose end," he told a press conference in Washington.

From

McCartney said confusion over the break-up had festered because the band's new manager Allen Klein - with whom he refused to align - said he had needed time to tie up some financial loose ends.

From

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Browse