(REACH) THE END OF THE LINE / ROAD

Meaning of (REACH) THE END OF THE LINE / ROAD in English

(to reach) the point at which sth can no longer continue in the same way :

A defeat in the second round marked the end of the line for last year's champion.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

ROAD — I. ˈrōd noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English rood, rode, from Old English rād ride, riding, journey; akin to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
REACH — I. ˈrēch verb ( reached ˈrēcht ; or dialect retch ˈrech ; or dialect chiefly British raught ˈrȯ(ḵ)t ; or …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LINE — I. ˈlīn noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English līn — more at linen 1. a. archaic …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
END — I. ˈend noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English ende, from Old English; akin to Old High German enti end, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ROAD — — roadless , adj. — roadlessness , n. /rohd/ , n. 1. a long, narrow stretch with a smoothed or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
REACH — — reachable , adj. — reachability , n. — reacher , n. /reech/ , v.t. 1. to get to or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
LINE — line 1 — linable, lineable , adj. — lineless , adj. — linelike , adj. /luyn/ , n. , v. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
END — end 1 — ender , n. /end/ , n. 1. the last part or extremity, lengthwise, of anything that is …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
REACH — I. ˈrēch verb Etymology: Middle English rechen, from Old English rǣcan; akin to Old High German reichen to reach, Lithuanian …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
REACH — noun an effort to vomit. 2. reach ·vi to stretch out the hand. 3. reach ·vi to retch. 4. reach …
Webster English vocab
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Webster English vocab
REACH — [reach] vb [ME rechen, fr. OE raecan; akin to OHG reichen to reach, Lith raizytis to stretch oneself] vt (bef. …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
ROAD — the traveled way on which people, animals, or wheeled vehicles move. In modern usage the term road describes a rural, …
Britannica English vocabulary
ROAD — road BrE AmE rəʊd AmE roʊd ▷ roads rəʊdz AmE roʊdz ▶ ˈ road hog BrE AmE ▶ ˈ road …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
REACH — / riːtʃ; NAmE / verb , noun ■ verb ARRIVE 1. [ vn ] to arrive at the place that …
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ROAD — road S1 W1 /rəʊd $ roʊd/ BrE AmE noun [ Language: Old English ; Origin: rad 'ride, journey' ] 1 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
REACH — I. reach 1 S1 W1 /riːtʃ/ BrE AmE verb [ Language: Old English ; Origin: ræcan ] 1 . DEVELOPMENT …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LINE — I. line 1 S1 W1 /laɪn/ BrE AmE noun [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Origin: Partly from Old French ligne , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
END — I. end 1 S1 W1 /end/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: noun : ↑ end , ↑ ending ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ROAD — n. 1 a a path or way with a specially prepared surface, used by vehicles, pedestrians, etc. b the part …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
REACH — v. & n. --v. 1 intr. & tr. (often foll. by out) stretch out; extend. 2 intr. stretch out a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LINE — n. & v. --n. 1 a continuous mark or band made on a surface (drew a line). 2 use of …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
END — n. & v. --n. 1 a the extreme limit; the point beyond which a thing does not continue. b an …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ROAD — n. 1 a a path or way with a specially prepared surface, used by vehicles, pedestrians, etc. b the part …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LINE — n. & v. n. 1 a continuous mark or band made on a surface (drew a line). 2 use of …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
END — n. & v. n. 1 a the extreme limit; the point beyond which a thing does not continue. b an …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ROAD — 1. n.1 a a path or way with a specially prepared surface, used by vehicles, pedestrians, etc. b the part …
Oxford English vocab
LINE — 1. n. & v. --n. 1. a continuous mark or band made on a surface (drew a line). 2 use …
Oxford English vocab
END — n. & v. --n. 1. a the extreme limit; the point beyond which a thing does not continue. b an …
Oxford English vocab
ROAD — ( roads) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. A road is a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
REACH — ( reaches, reaching, reached) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. When someone …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
LINE — ( lines, lining, lined) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. A line …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
END — ( ends, ending, ended) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. The end …
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ROAD — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a coast road ▪ In summer the coast road is very crowded. a road bridge …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
REACH — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a convoy reaches sth ▪ When is the convoy expected to reach its destination? …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LINE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a boundary line ▪ There was some disagreement about the exact position of the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Cambridge English vocab
REACH — (STRETCH) [verb] - to stretch out your arm, esp. in order to get or touch (something)She's grown so tall that …
Cambridge English vocab
END — (LAST POINT) [noun] [C] - the point in space or time beyond which something no longer exists, or a part …
Cambridge English vocab
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
END — See: AT LOOSE ENDS, AT ONE'S WITS' END, BURN THE CANDLE AT BOTH ENDS, GO OFF THE DEEP END, HAIR …
Slang English vocab
ROAD — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ broad , wide ▪ narrow ▪ busy , congested ▪ clear , deserted , empty , lonely …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
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Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
REACH — INDEX: 1. when something is long or high enough to reach something 2. when a number or amount reaches a …
Longman Activator English vocab
LINE — INDEX: 1. a line on paper 2. a line of colour 3. a line on the ground or on the …
Longman Activator English vocab
END — INDEX: 1. the last part of an event or period of time 2. the last part of a book, film, …
Longman Activator English vocab
REACH — n. 25B6; verb Travis reached out a hand : STRETCH OUT, hold out, extend, outstretch, thrust out, stick out. reach …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
REACH — v. 1 Often, reach out. hold out, extend, stretch (out), stick out, thrust out, outstretch, outreach He reached out his …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
ROAD — See: ALL ROADS LEAD TO ROME, BURN UP THE ROAD, END OF THE ROAD, GET THE SHOW ON THE ROAD, …
Словарь английских идиом
END — See: AT LOOSE ENDS, AT ONE'S WITS' END, BURN THE CANDLE AT BOTH ENDS, GO OFF THE DEEP END, HAIR …
Словарь английских идиом
END — I verb 1 BAD : The film was ended at eight-thirty. GOOD : The film ended at eight-thirty. ◆◆◆ The …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
ROAD — сущ. 1) дорога, путь, шоссе to hit the road разг. ≈ отправиться в путь I was relieved to get back …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
REACH — I 1. сущ. 1) а) протягивание (руки и т. п.) within reach of one's hand ≈ под рукой б) размах, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
LINE — I 1. сущ. 1) а) линия, черта; штрих to draw a line ≈ провести линию fine, thin line ≈ тонкая …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
END — конец, окончание - happy * счастливый конец; счастливая развязка - to put an * to smth. положить конец чему-либо, покончить …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
ROAD — road.ogg _I rəʋd n 1. 1> дорога, шоссе arterial road - магистраль, транспортная дорога country road - грунтовая /просёлочная/ дорога; …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
REACH — reach.ogg 1. ri:tʃ n 1. тк. sing 1> протягивание ( руки и т. п. ) to make a reach for …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
LINE — line.ogg _I 1. laın n 1. 1> линия ( тж. мат. ) straight bent, curved line - прямая изогнутая, кривая …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
END — end.ogg 1. end n _I 1. конец, окончание happy end - счастливый /благополучный/ конец; счастливая развязка to put /to set/ …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
ROAD — 1) дорога; путь 2) улица 3) горн. штрек 4) технологический маршрут • to bring road to grade — профилировать дорогу …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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