The fire was spreading and spreading, engulfing the dry valley from end to end.
Robert Silverberg KING OF DREAMS (2001)
We have done an end-to-end crewing project.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Is long enough, end to end, to reach the moon 403 times over.
The Sun (2009)
Parked end to end they would stretch 120 times around the globe.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
All related terms of 'end to end'
to end all
If you describe something as, for example , the deal to end all deals or the film to end all films, you mean that it is very important or successful , and that compared to it all other deals or films seem second-rate .
come to an end
to become completed or exhausted
means to an end
a method of getting or accomplishing what one wants
put an end to
to cause to stop ; terminate ; finish
to end it all
If someone ends it all , they kill themselves.
to the bitter end
If you say that you will continue doing something to the bitter end , especially something difficult or unpleasant, you are emphasizing that you will continue doing it until it is completely finished.
to come to an end
If something comes to an end , it stops .
a means to an end
If you say that something is a means to an end , you mean that it helps you to achieve what you want , although it may not be enjoyable or important itself.
to keep your end up
If you have to keep your end up , or to keep up your end of something, you have to do something as well as other people, or as well as you are expected to do it.
to put an end to sth
To put an end to something means to cause it to stop .
come to a sticky end
to die in an unpleasant or violent way
to be at your wits' end
If you say that you are at your wits ' end , you are emphasizing that you are so worried and exhausted by problems or difficulties that you do not know what to do next .
to go off the deep end
to lose your temper ; react angrily
do something to the bitter end
to continue doing something in a determined way and finish it, even though this becomes increasingly difficult
draw to an end/draw to a close
When an event or period of time draws to a close or draws to an end , it finishes .
to make your hair stand on end
Something that makes your hair stand on end shocks or frightens you very much.
to come to a sticky end meet a sticky end
If someone comes to a sticky end or meets a sticky end , they suffer very badly or die in an unpleasant way.
until the end of time to the end of time
If you say that something will happen or be true until the end of time or to the end of time , you are emphasizing that it will always happen or always be true.
to be thrown in at the deep end
to be put into a situation without preparation or introduction
to be on the receiving end at the receiving end
If you are on the receiving end or at the receiving end of something unpleasant , you are the person that it happens to.
that's the end of the matter/that's an end to the matter
If someone says that's the end of the matter or that's an end to the matter , they mean that a decision that has been taken must not be changed or discussed any more.
in at the deep end to throw someone in at the deep end jump in at the deep end
If you are thrown in at the deep end , you are put in a completely new situation without any help or preparation . If you jump in at the deep end , you go into a completely new situation without any help or preparation.
to get the wrong end of the stick to get hold of the wrong end of the stick
If someone gets the wrong end of the stick or gets hold of the wrong end of the stick , they do not understand something correctly and get the wrong idea about it.