tail ends
Very last parts
Tail ends are the final or rearmost portions of something.
The tail end of a meeting is its last few minutes; the tail end of a line is where latecomers stand.
The phrase emphasizes being at the very back or conclusion: We caught the tail end of the movie.
Sometimes implies getting only scraps or remnants of what came before.
- codasConcluding musical passages
- denouementsFinal parts of narratives
- finalesConcluding portions of performances
- remnantsWhat stays after most goes
- sternStrict or ship's aft
conclusion · wrap-ups · stub · terminations · epilogues · endpoints · summations · final stretch · home stretch · last legs · appendages · dregs · resolutions · fringes · peripheries · outcomes · closures · expirations
tail endsbeginnings
Initial stages of something
starts · heads · front ends · leading edges · openings
tail endsbeginnings
Initial stages of something
starts · outsets · onsets · commencements · inceptions
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