on end

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on end

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  1. idiomatic without interruption, without stopping, continuously These batteries last for hours on end.
  2. dated upright; erect; endways How silent, on the other hand, lie all Cotton-trades and such like; not a steeple-chimney yet got on end from sea to sea!

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prep_phrase continuously, long

Españoly
Русскийнепреры́вно neprerývno, подря́д podrjád

prep_phrase upright, erect, endways

Españolde canto
Deutschhochkant
Русскийстоймя́ stojmjá, ды́бом dýbom

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"on end." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/on%20end.

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@misc{on_end_2026,
  title = {on end},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/on%20end},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}