See loose end on Wiktionary
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"The end of a rope that has not been fastened."
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"A small job that needs to be done, or minor problem that needs to be resolved, before a task can be considered complete."
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"(idiomatic, by extension, chiefly in the plural) A small job that needs to be done, or minor problem that needs to be resolved, before a task can be considered complete."
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"word": "elvarratlan szál"
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"word": "elvarratlan szál"
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"word": "loose end"
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