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the end of one's rope

the end of one's rope noun: the limit of one’s patience, when one is so frustrated or annoyed that one can no longer cope.

Noun

the end of one’s rope

  1. (idiomatic) The limit of one’s patience, when one is so frustrated or annoyed that one can no longer cope.
    • come to the end of one's rope; reach the end of one's rope; at the end of one's rope
  2. (idiomatic) The point at which one has run out of options or the ability to delay.
    • come to the end of one's rope; reach the end of one's rope; at the end of one's rope
    • Have you reached the end of your rope? Are all your options closed?2000, Mark Ellingsen, A Word That Sets Free: First Lesson Sermons for Sundays After Pentecost (Last Third) Cycle C, CSS Publishing, →ISBN, page 43

Questions about the end of one's rope

What does the end of one's rope mean?
The end of one's rope means the limit of one’s patience, when one is so frustrated or annoyed that one can no longer cope.
What part of speech is the end of one's rope?
The end of one's rope is a noun.

Words near the end of one's rope in the dictionary

  1. the Earth kept spinning
  2. The Emergency
  3. The Enchantments
  4. the end
  5. the end justifies the means
  6. the end of one's rope
  7. the ends justify the means
  8. the enemy of my enemy is my friend
  9. the enemy of your enemy is your friend
  10. The Entrance
  11. The Entrance North

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