on end
Continuously and without stopping. Used after a unit of time, such as "hours" or "days." I could talk for hours on end about trains. Out in this part of the country, the wind howls for days on end.
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on end
Continuously, without interruption, as in It's been raining for days on end. This term, which might just as well be put "seemingly without end," dates from about 1300.
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on end
1. Having one end down; upright: books placed on end on the shelf.
2. Without stopping: drove for hours on end.
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