Loose end

noun

Word Frequency: 0.2

Definitions

1.nounThe end of a rope that has not been fastened.

2.noun(by extension, chiefly in the plural) A small job that needs to be done, or minor problem that needs to be resolved, before a task can be considered complete.

Synonyms

unfinished business slack loose dead-rope dead end free rein endinglessness unend hang slackening straggler zero ending

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