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Definition of "tag end" []

  • The very end. (noun)
  • Something left over; a remnant. (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 "tag end" in a sentence
  • "Up close he looked very young—apple-cheeked and sandy-haired, the hair short and neatly parted, with a sprig of cowlick at the tag end of the part."
  • "I raise my glass with the tag end of my wine in it; then together we lift almost empty glasses."
  • "I would not leave the tag end of this story hanging in mid-air."