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be-all and end-all: the essential factor; the all-important element; the supreme aim; "profit is the be-all and end-all of business"

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bitter end collapse: (nautical) the inboard end of a line or cable especially the end that is wound around a bitt; the final extremity (however unpleasant it may be); "he was determined to fight to the bitter end"

endways collapse: with the end forward or toward the observer; "houses built endways"; in or toward the direction of the ends; lengthwise; "endways pressure"; on end or upright; "sticks leaning against the wall endways"

go on and on collapse

fag end collapse: the frayed end of a length of cloth or rope; the time of the last part of something; "the fag end of this crisis-ridden century"; "the tail of the storm"

nib collapse: the writing point of a pen

eternally collapse

permanently collapse: for a long time without essential change; "he is permanently disabled"

on end collapse

buttocks collapse: the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?"

afterpart collapse

bottom dollar collapse

numberless collapse

hind end collapse

ad infinitum collapse: to infinity; without or seemingly without limit; "talked on and on ad infinitum"

endlessly collapse: with unflagging resolve; "dance inspires him ceaselessly to strive higher and higher toward the shining pinnacle of perfection that is the goal of every artiste"; (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; "the Nubian desert seemed to stretch out before them endlessly"

rear end collapse

juxtaposed collapse: placed side by side often for comparison; "juxtaposed pictures"

juxtapositional collapse

back seat collapse

adjoining collapse

jumping off place collapse

end result collapse

incessantly collapse

perennially collapse: in a perennial manner; repeatedly; "We want to know what is perennially new about the world"

beaucoup collapse

considerably collapse

stub collapse: the part of a check that is retained as a record; a torn part of a ticket returned to the holder as a receipt; a short piece remaining on a trunk or stem where a branch is lost; strike (one's toe) accidentally against an object; "She stubbed her toe in the dark and now it's broken"; clear of weeds by uprooting them; "stub a field"; extinguish by crushing; "stub out your cigarette now"; pull up (weeds) by their roots

residue collapse: matter that remains after something has been removed

contiguous collapse: very close or connected in space or time; "contiguous events"; "immediate contact"; "the immediate vicinity"; "the immediate past"

completion collapse: a concluding action; (American football) a successful forward pass in football

infinitely collapse: continuing forever without end; "there are infinitely many possibilities"

remnant collapse

adjacent collapse: near or close to but not necessarily touching; "lands adjacent to the mountains"; "New York and adjacent cities"; nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space; "had adjacent rooms"; "in the next room"; "the person sitting next to me"; "our rooms were side by side"

continually collapse: seemingly without interruption; "complained continually that there wasn't enough money"

ever so collapse

rearward collapse: direction toward the rear; "his outfit marched to the rearward of the tank divisions"; directed or moving toward the rear; "a rearward glance"; "a rearward movement"

interminably collapse: all the time; seemingly without stopping; "a theological student with whom I argued interminably"; "her nagging went on endlessly"

uncounted collapse

standstill collapse

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