-athonsuffix
uk/ -ə.θɒn/us/ -θɑːn/added to the end of words referring to an activity or event, especially one that has been organized to raise money for charity, to show that it continues for a long time:
a 24-hour dance-athon
a walkathon
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Events and occurrences
- a close call idiom
- a close/near thing idiom
- action
- all-nighter
- back story
- be (all) part of life's rich tapestry/pageant idiom
- binge
- call
- development
- event
- happening
- incident
- jamboree
- life event
- milestone
- past
- spectacle
- synchronicity
- to-ing and fro-ing
- turn of events
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