loose ends

[loose ends] {n.}

1. Parts or things that should be finished or put together.

* /Mary's composition had many loose ends./

* /When George came home after a long trip, he started picking up the loose ends./

2. See: AT LOOSE ENDS.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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