Caroline Tran
2020-08-07 11:08
To tie up loose ends spoken language verb informal
The author has written 4 chapters so far but has not tied up loose ends.
I'm about to move to England so I need to tie up loose ends with everything here.
To decide that something is completely finished so that you can start doing something else
To finish or complete something in a satisfactory way
To put an end to something
1. Used to refer to a point where a process or an activity ends
2. Used to refer to a point where someone no longer survives; death
To finish the last few minor details of a project, assignment or report so that the task is completely done
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The phrase "loose ends" has existed since the 1800s but the idiom "tie up loose ends" has only started becoming popular in the early 1900s. Nowadays, this idiom is common in both business contexts and every day conversations.
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