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tie up loose ends
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to finish the last small jobs or details of a piece of work
'Loose ends' alone means unfinished details: 'There are still a few loose ends.' Words like 'a few' or 'all the' often go before it.
In context
I need to tie up a few loose ends before I go on holiday.
We tied up all the loose ends on Friday, so the project launches on time.
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- a dead-end joba job with no chance of promotion or of learning anything new
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