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loose end

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loose end noun
plural loose ends
loose end
noun
plural loose ends
Britannica Dictionary definition of LOOSE END
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: a part of something (such as a job or story) that has not been completed
usually plural

at loose ends

(US) or British at a loose end
: not knowing what to do : not having anything in particular to do