no end
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no end
A great degree or amount. I was pleased to no end when you wrote of making several new friends at the university. I'm an editor, so it irritates me to no end when people use "their" or "there" when they should be using "they're." Trust me, there will be no end of complaints from our users if we take this feature out of the app.
no end of (something)
A lot of something; a limitless amount of something. There was no end of laughter during the girls' sleepover last night.
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no end
1. A large number, a great deal, as in He made no end of campaign promises. This expression sometimes is put as no end to or no end of, meaning "no limit to" or "an incalculable amount of," as in There is no end to the junk mail we get, or There are no end of books in this house. [c. 1600]
2. Immensely, exceedingly, as in This situation puzzles us no end. [c. 1900]
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no end
to a great extent; very much. informal 1984 James Kelman The Busconductor Hines McCulloch gives him a go at the wheel at certain remote terminuses at specific times of the late night and early morning and his confidence grows no end.
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no ˈend
(spoken) very much: Your visit pleased her no end.Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary © Farlex 2017
no end
A great deal: She had no end of stories to tell. The news upset us no end.
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