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Definition of "tail end" []

  • The hindmost part. (noun)
  • The very end; the conclusion. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "tail end" in a sentence
  • "Amanda had appeared at the tail end of his dream, and after her admonishment, she evaporated like water on a sidewalk under a one-hundred-degree Hawaiian sun."
  • "Graham could see the tail end of his Buick Regal in the parking lot."
  • "Toward the tail end of the salad we were served two pizzas, one margherita, one salsiccia, which came on a wooden serving platter and were oval-shaped and unsliced, and with a half liter of dry cabernet, close to perfect."
Words like "tail end"
ending
falling-in
projection
Tail End Charlie