on end
Without any break
On end describes something positioned upright or standing vertically: He balanced the coin on end.
The phrase also means continuously, without interruption: She practiced for hours on end, It rained for days on end.
The temporal sense suggests duration that feels extended or tedious.
- erectVertical in position
- ceaselessWithout interruption or end
- standingPosition, physical or social
- continuousWithout pause or gap
- uprightVertical or morally sound
perpendicular · hair standing up · sleepless · bristling · uninterrupted · relentless · marathon · upended · goosebumps · nonstop · vertical · back-to-back · consecutively · unbroken · sustained · hair-raising · prolonged · persistent
physical orientation
on endflat
Lacking vertical variation
lying flat · horizontal · prone · supine · lying down
temporal continuity
on endintermittently
At irregular intervals
off and on · sporadically · on and off · periodically · occasionally