the end of the line/road
the point at w#hich it is no longer possible to continue with a process or activity:
We've struggled on for as long as we could, but now we're at the end of the line.
When the bank refused to lend us any more money we realized we'd reached the end of the road.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Ends and endings
- accomplishment
- break
- break up
- cessation
- coda
- completion
- culminate
- death
- demise
- denouement
- end
- ending
- endpoint
- expiry
- fag
- finalize
- finish
- it'll (all) end in tears idiom
- later
- termination
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