loose end
noun
1
: something left hanging loose
2
: a fragment of unfinished business
—usually used in plural
tying up loose ends
Examples of loose end in a Sentence
We still have one more loose end to deal with before we're finished with the project.
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Due to popular demand, the show’s cast and creatives reunited in 2016 for the four-part limited series Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life, which attempted to tie up multiple loose ends while still leaving the door open for future stories.
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Andy Swift, TVLine, 3 Dec. 2024
End credits or post-credits scenes generally either tie up loose ends for a scene earlier in a film or set up a transition scene to tease a possible sequel.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
His own personal celebration of Diwali has thus become about tying up loose ends and winding up the year that has passed.
—Prinita Thevarajah, Architectural Digest, 31 Oct. 2024
Around this time, the Handler arrives looking to tie up any loose ends from her coup at the Commission, and those loose ends are Five and his family.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 7 Aug. 2024
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Andy Swift, TVLine, 3 Dec. 2024
End credits or post-credits scenes generally either tie up loose ends for a scene earlier in a film or set up a transition scene to tease a possible sequel.
—Tim Lammers, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
His own personal celebration of Diwali has thus become about tying up loose ends and winding up the year that has passed.
—Prinita Thevarajah, Architectural Digest, 31 Oct. 2024
Around this time, the Handler arrives looking to tie up any loose ends from her coup at the Commission, and those loose ends are Five and his family.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 7 Aug. 2024
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“Loose end.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/loose%20end. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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