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end off en · VERB

Meanings

  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:
  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:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
ended off Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
ended off Tense=Past lexicographic
ends off Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
ending off Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Relateds

start off

Synonyms

end up