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the sun sets on something

the sun sets on something phrase: something comes to an end.

Phrase

the sun sets on something

  1. (idiomatic) Something comes to an end.
    • As the sun set on his running career, McGough – pronounced “McGeow” in Monaghan – reinvented himself as a masseur, learning that trade first via the Celtic football team.2018 February 16, Frank McNally, “All-Star (and Ulster) Scot – An Irishman’s Diary about The Runner McGough”, in The Irish Times

Questions about the sun sets on something

What does the sun sets on something mean?
The sun sets on something means something comes to an end.
What part of speech is the sun sets on something?
The sun sets on something is a phrase.

Words near the sun sets on something in the dictionary

  1. the struggle is real
  2. the stuffing out of
  3. The Stukeleys
  4. the sun is over the yardarm
  5. the sun is setting on something
  6. the sun sets on something
  7. the switch in time that saved nine
  8. the tackies hit the tar
  9. the tail wags the dog
  10. the tar out of
  11. the terrorists will have won

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