the end of the road

noun phrase

informal

: the end (as of a condition or situation)

A loss in the primary elections will mean the end of the road for his campaign.

They reached the end of the road as a couple a long time ago.

Examples of the end of the road in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Now that the bill has passed, TikTok has said, this is not the end of the road. —Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 24 Apr. 2024

This week’s trailer shows more of that, with some hefty stakes and the implication that this is the end of the road for Brock and his greasy, brain-hungry friend. —Wes Davis, The Verge, 8 June 2024

The Supreme Court loss appeared to be the end of the road. —Marina Bolotnikova, Vox, 4 June 2024

The Knicks reached the end of the road at Madison Square Garden in Game 7 against the Indiana Pacers, their engine sputtering off the hardwood floors to the tune of a 130-109 finish on Friday. —Kristian Winfield, Hartford Courant, 19 May 2024

Divorce was not the end of the road for Simon and Fisher, who spent years in an on-and-off romance. —Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 27 Mar. 2024

Nikki Haley is in second place in the latest Des Moines Register poll, and a strong showing for her could mean the end of the road for Ron DeSantis and Vivek Ramaswamy. —Justin Klawans, theweek, 15 Jan. 2024

The final stop was a 2-1 overtime loss Friday night in Game 6 to the Dallas Stars at Ball Arena, but the end of the road started at the beginning of the week. —Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 18 May 2024

At the end of the road, white crosses dotted a wooded area that bled into marshland. —Caroline Gutman, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2024