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bitter end

[bit-er end, bit-er end] / ˈbɪt ər ˈɛnd, ˈbɪt ər ˌɛnd /
NOUN
unpleasant termination
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Carey expected England to fight till the bitter end on Sunday and said he was still not thinking about winning the Ashes.

From Barron's ● Dec. 20, 2025

Think backward: Where things begin is the bitter end, at a glitzy Hollywood Hills party in 1976 full of showbiz hangers-on.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2025

He plans to use his device until the bitter end and isn’t sure what he’ll do when his current devices stop working.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2025

Thanks to Gi-hun’s knack for hanging on to the bitter end, we never have to find out what Myung-gi would have done.

From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2025

Farmers, therefore, tended to stay put and fight to the bitter end.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari


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