loose ends

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loose ends

the last few details that need to be finished or explained in order for something to be complete The job's nearly done. I'm just tying up one or two loose ends at the moment.

See cut loose, Hang loose!

See also: end, loose

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"I expect we've all left some loose ends stickin' out," said Lord John. The Poison Belt by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context He wore a grey flannel shirt, the loose ends of a black silk tie hung down the buttoned breast of his serge coat; and his head resting on the back of his chair, his throat largely exposed, he raised to his lips a cigarette in a long wooden tube, puffing jets of smoke straight up at the ceiling. The Secret Agent by Conrad, Joseph View in context We've broken out of our pickets, again and again, four hundred and fifty of us, just because a new recruit got to telling tales of whip snakes at home in Australia till we were scared to death of the loose ends of our head-ropes. The Jungle Book by Kipling, Rudyard View in context			look to look to be look to for look to laurels look toward look under the hood look up look up and down look up at look up to look upon as Look what the cat dragged in! Look what the cat's dragged in! Look who's here! Look who's talking! look-see looking over shoulder looking up loom loom large loom out of loom up loop loose loose cannon loose ends Loose lips sink ships loosen loosen tongue loosen up lop off lope along lord lord and master lord it over Lord knows I've tried Lord love a duck! Lord only knows lose lose a bundle lose appetite lose at lose by lose contact with lose cool lose count of lose edge lose face lose grip lose ground lose ground to			loose body Loose Body Removal Loose Bowel Movement Loose boxers loose bytes loose cannon loose cannon Loose Cannon on Deck Loose Cannons Loose Change Loose Change Final Cut Loose Change to Loosen Chains Loose Class Cohesion Loose Connective Matrix Organization Loose connective tissue Loose connective tissue Loose Control Lager loose core Loose coupling Loose cover loose covers Loose credit Loose credit Loose Credit Policy Loose Credit Policy loose cubic yard Loose Cubic Yards loose end loose ends loose fibrous tissue Loose Fit Loose Fruit Museum loose grid loose ground loose head loose heads loose housing Loose iambic Loose iambic loose insulation loose kernel smut loose knot Loose leaf Loose Leaf Book Company Loose Leash Walking loose lintel Loose Lips Loose Lips Sink Ships Loose Lips Sink Ships loose list Loose liver Loose Mail System Loose material Loose material Loose material Loose material loose metal loose molding

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