tag end

[tag end] or [tail end] {n.}, {informal} The end, farthest to the rear, last in line, nearest the bottom, or least important.

* /John was at the tail end of his class./

* /Mary's part in the play came at the tag end, and she got bored waiting./

* /Bill waited at the crossing for the tag end of a freight to go by./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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