the sun sets on something en · X
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(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: