tail-end

Related to tail-end: hind end, Tail-end charlie, Tail-end recursion

tail end

1. The rear or hindmost part of a person or animal; the place where an animal's tail is or would be. The fish can be identified by the distinctive purple stripes on its tail end. I fell off the horse and landed right on my tail end.
2. The very final stretch, part, or period of something. I'm getting to the tail end of the book Carol got me for Christmas. The singer just walked off the stage at the tail end of the concert without saying a word.
See also: end, tail
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

tail-end

n. the back end of something or someone. He was at the tail-end of the long line.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • tail end
  • tail end (of something)
  • there is no there there
  • on (one's) tail
  • on somebody's tail
  • on someone’s tail
  • on tail
  • on your tail
  • sit on (one's) tail
  • sit on someone's tail
References in periodicals archive
A number of tail-end growers had filed petitions in the court, seeking water supplies for their farmlands.
Sindh govt finally forms experts' committee for re-examining direct outlets of Rohri Canal
The speakers said that growers of district Badin especially from tail-end canals have been economically destroyed due to flawed planning of SIDA and frequent water theft.
Water shortage adds to Badin growers' woes
" I know, tail-end growers are facing acute shortage of water and are facing hardships.
Nasir Shah vows to provide water to tail-end growers
Badin -- A large number of growers and farmers staged round about a 15-kilometers long, 'march' on foot from Notkani stop to Tando Bago town on Sunday to register protest against 'artificial' water shortage in the tail-ends of district Badin.
People protest against severe water shortage
PAGASA said the tail-end of a cold front is currently affecting Northern and Central Luzon.
Cold front brings rains Chedeng nears Mindanao
Metro Manila, the Cordillera Administrative Region, the rest of Cagayan Valley Region, Aurora, and Quezon will have cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms due to the tail-end of a cold front, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said in its 4 a.m.
Tail-end of cold front to bring rains, thunderstorms over northern, central Luzon
Camiguin, Misamis Oriental, Bukidnon, Agusan del Norte, Agusan del Sur, Surigao del Norte, Surigao del Sur, Dinagat Islands, Compostela Valley, Davao del Norte, Davao Oriental, Davao del Sur, and Davao Occidental will have cloudy skies with scattered rain showers and isolated thunderstorms due to the tail-end of cold front.
Tail-end of amihan may bring one tropical cyclone in February
Chief Secretary Rizwan Memon said he was monitoring riverine water distribution to the tail-end areas and distribution of tankers in Karachi.
Caretaker CM wants level playing field for all parties
The chief minister directed Irrigation department to further focus of proper distribution of water, particularly to the tail-end. 'The growers are staging protests, this is not good.
Sindh CM looks towards secretaries for governance
The bottlenecks in supply of water to tail-end growers would also be removed, he added.
Growers to be facilitated to enhance agriculture yields: Zubair
Tail-end Charlies; the last battles of the bomber war, 1944-1945.
Tail-end Charlies; the last battles of the bomber war, 1944-1945. (reprint, 2004)
Local weather expert Paul Stevens warned that the town could yet suffer from the tail-end of the storms over the next 24 to 48 hours.
Escape from the storm
Tail-End Charlies: The Last Battles of the Bomber War, 1944-45 by John Nichol and Tony Rennell.
Tail-End Charlies: The Last Battles of the Bomber War, 1944-45
BADIN -- Leaders of several farmers' organisations have expressed deep concern over unavailability of water in the tail-end areas of Badin district despite flood in the Indus.
Badin farmers decry water shortage despite flood in Indus
Addressing on the occasion, the leaders including Ameer Azad Panhwar, Dilshad Mari and others said that the concerned authorities had announced the water rotation for the supply of sufficient water to the tail-end growers but the concerned authorities have still not released water to Khor Wah due to which they are facing many hardships.
Growers protest against shortage of water in Khor Wah