A small job that needs to be done, or minor problem that needs to be resolved, before a task can be considered complete.
The end of a rope that has not been fastened.
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hold up one's endhours on endin at the deep endJump off the Deep Endknow which end is uplet looselight at the end of the tunnelLight at the End of the Tunnellike the back end of a busliving endloose cannonloose cannonLoose Cannonloose changeloose changeloose endsloose endsloose liploose lipsloose lips sink shipsmeet a sticky endnot know which end is upnot the end of the worldoff the deep endon endon endon the looseon the receiving endplay fast and loosePlay Fast and Loose
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