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come to an end

come to a bad end ; come to no good . Have a bad outcome or die in an unpleasant way. For example, I always suspected this venture would come to no good , or Her parents feared he would come to a bad end .
Conclude, terminate, as in the familiar proverb, All things come to an end , stated by Geoffrey Chaucer in Troilus and Cressida (c. 1374).
come to or meet an untimely end . Die at a young age, terminate much sooner than desired or expected. For example, The blow was fatal, causing the young boxer to meet an untimely end , or Our partnership came to an untimely end when I became too ill to work . Also see dead end .

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Analysts also warned that the recent run of sales increases might be about to come to an end after a separate survey suggested consumer confidence fell in April.

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St Mary's Church, in the Cockerton area of Darlington, said it was struggling to maintain the service, which could come to an end.

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“My journey at UT has come to an end,” Iamaleava’s post read.

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When Osmond casually remarked that “Things must come to an end at midnight” — meaning simply the trip — Francis spiraled into nuclear paranoia.

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And in a sign that the Tories might finally be ready to give up one of their most cherished attack lines, Badenoch declared on social media: "The era of Keir Starmer telling us that some women have penises has come to an end. Hallelujah!"

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