"beginning of the end" meaning in English

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          "sense": "the point when something starts to end or become worse",
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          "word": "begyndelsen til enden"
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          "sense": "the point when something starts to end or become worse",
          "word": "lopun alku"
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          "sense": "the point when something starts to end or become worse",
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          "word": "début de la fin"
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          "sense": "the point when something starts to end or become worse",
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          "word": "Anfang vom Ende"
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          "word": "byrjinga på slutten"
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          "sense": "the point when something starts to end or become worse",
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      "word": "lopun alku"
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      "sense": "the point when something starts to end or become worse",
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