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end off

end off verb: synonym of end up.

Verb

end off (third-person singular simple present ends off, present participle ending off, simple past and past participle ended off)

  1. Synonym of end up.
    • “And when I got up to Prescott, the first Capitol of the Territory and a busy place, what with all the mines up on the Bradshaw Mountains and down on the Hassayampa River, I ended off buying half the livery and a piece of their freightin' company and their stage line.2007, Douglas D. Murray, The 1001 Outfit, page 295
    Synonyms:
    end up
  2. (intransitive) To finish, come to an end
    • “[…] As I was the new student and was very quiet, Desiree arranged without Brenda to frame me, making me Desiree's scapegoat, but fortunately, Brenda was able to guess that I was going to be the scapegoat, and wrote the letter,” Charlotte ended off with a sigh.(Can we date this quote?), Ethel Widjaja, Repelled yet Attracted, page 16
  3. (transitive) To bring to an end, conclude.
    • While 1:1-10 introduces the letter as a whole and not just chapters 1–4, a recollection of the theme of Christ's universal Lordship in the church to end off the first major unit is fitting and suggests that 4:14-17 is the end of the section.2010, Roy E. Ciampa, Brian S. Rosner, The First Letter to the Corinthians, page 189

Synonyms of end off

Forms of end off

third-person singular presentends off
present participleending off
past participleended off
pastended off

Questions about end off

What does end off mean?
End off means synonym of end up.
What part of speech is end off?
End off is a verb.
What is the past tense of end off?
The past tense of end off is ended off.

Words near end off in the dictionary

  1. end of the line
  2. end of the rainbow
  3. end of the road
  4. end of the world
  5. end of watch
  6. end off
  7. end on
  8. end one's days
  9. end one's life
  10. end organ
  11. end organs

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