See bitter end on Wiktionary
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"That part of an anchor cable which is abaft the bitts and thus remains inboard when a ship is riding at anchor."
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"(nautical) That part of an anchor cable which is abaft the bitts and thus remains inboard when a ship is riding at anchor."
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"(idiomatic) The end of a long and difficult process."
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Download raw JSONL data for bitter end meaning in All languages combined (2.8kB)
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