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be at (or have come to) an end1Be finished or completed: negotiations were virtually at an end...- The spokesman for the environmental group says the research has come to an end and should be concluded.
- Only when these issues have been addressed and the occupation has come to an end will democracy cease to be an empty concept.
- As this young soldier realises his life has come to an end, he stops and he thinks.
1.1(Of a supply of something) become exhausted: our patience has come to an end...- Fire Brigades' Union delegates emerged from a national meeting after deciding their patience was at an end and they had no option but to stage a new, 24-hour walkout.
- ‘That promise has not been kept and, speaking personally, my patience is at an end on this issue,’ he said.
- But the evidence now suggests that their patience is at an end.
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