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the end of the line
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the point where something stops and cannot go further
Literal for the last stop of a bus or train. Figuratively it means a failure that cannot be fixed.
In context
This is the end of the line: the train goes no further than this station.
For many small shops in the old quarter, rising rents mean the end of the line.
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