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loose ends
Idioms and Phrases
Unfinished details, incomplete business. For example, We've not quite finished the project; there are still some loose ends . This expression alludes to the ends of a rope or cable that should be fastened. [Mid-1800s] Also see at loose ends .Example Sentences
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.
“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.
Although the gardeners had their own responsibilities, Villegas said that he and his crew tied up any loose ends after the contracted workers left.
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.
Critics overall favored the miniseries, but fans “were frustrated by the loose ends they felt they were left with,†as Bishop writes.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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