tail end

Noun

Meaning

the time of the last part of something

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

tail-end

Synonyms

tail rear end fag end fanny prat cooter can end last back behind rudder stern rump tush
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Antonyms

beginning head lead base basis front
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Hypernyms

end ending projection body part

Examples

I came in on the tail end of the old school of Hollywood. Tom Berenger

I think there's no question but what the tail end of the Bush administration, Bush-Cheney administration, that we took steps specifically geared to try and free up the financial sector. Dick Cheney

I was at the tail end of the family. The next brother along was already seven years older than me. I remember growing up by myself, playing games by myself. Ali Smith

Back when we started this at the tail end of 'Eye of the North,' Ree Soesbee and I worked out 250 years of timeline between the end of 'Eye of the North' and the beginning of 'Guild Wars 2.' Jeff Grubb

My generation was the tail end of the Cold War. Mike Pompeo

The one who knows the way to the cemetery carries the tail end of the coffin. African Proverb

Close letter words and terms

tail cone tail cord tail dragger Tail End Charlie tail event tail fat