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loose end

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loose end
n.
A minor unresolved problem or difficulty, especially a final detail preceding the completion of something. Often used in the plural.

loose end
n
1. a detail that is left unsettled, unexplained, or incomplete
at a loose end without purpose or occupation
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.loose endloose end - work that is left incomplete        
work - activity directed toward making or doing something; "she checked several points needing further work"
Translations
loose end ndettaglio in sospeso
to tie up loose ends (fig) → sistemare gli ultimi dettagli
to be at a loose end (Am) to be at loose ends (fig) → non saper cosa fare
loose end ndettaglio in sospeso
to tie up loose ends (fig) → sistemare gli ultimi dettagli
to be at a loose end (Am) to be at loose ends (fig) → non saper cosa fare


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It accounted for his feeling at a loose end whenever he was away from Elizabeth for as much as half an hour.
His first tribute to it, the great act of his conversion, was his extraordinary existence in the endless forests of the Okhotsk Province, with the loose end of the chain wound about his waist.
Twelve keen swords must strike simultaneously and with equal power, and each must sever completely and instantly three strands of heavy cable that no loose end fouling a block bring immediate disaster upon the Vanator.
 
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