"beginning of the end" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} beginning of the end (uncountable)
  1. The point when something starts to end or become worse. Tags: uncountable Related terms: beginning to end Translations (the point when something starts to end or become worse): begyndelsen til enden [common-gender] (Danish), lopun alku (Finnish), début de la fin [masculine] (French), Anfang vom Ende [masculine] (German), begynnelsen på slutten [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), byrjinga på slutten [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), początek końca (Polish)
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