"loose ends" meaning in English

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "loose end",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "at loose ends"
        },
        {
          "word": "at a loose end"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I would have liked to stay later and tie up some of the loose ends.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Leftover items that have not been addressed or attended to."
      ],
      "id": "en-loose_ends-en-noun-7t9G9IQo",
      "links": [
        [
          "Leftover",
          "leftover"
        ],
        [
          "addressed",
          "addressed"
        ],
        [
          "attended",
          "attended"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) Leftover items that have not been addressed or attended to."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "plural",
        "plural-normally"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "leftover items",
          "tags": [
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "caps per lligar"
        },
        {
          "code": "zh",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "leftover items",
          "word": "零碎的事兒"
        },
        {
          "code": "zh",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "língsuì de shìr",
          "sense": "leftover items",
          "word": "零碎的事儿"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "leftover items",
          "tags": [
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "rästit"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "leftover items",
          "tags": [
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "cabos sueltos"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "leftover items",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "flecos"
        }
      ]
    }
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  "word": "loose ends"
}

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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "at loose ends"
    },
    {
      "word": "at a loose end"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "form": "loose end",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "pos": "noun",
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          "type": "example"
        }
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        "Leftover items that have not been addressed or attended to."
      ],
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          "Leftover",
          "leftover"
        ],
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          "addressed"
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        "(idiomatic) Leftover items that have not been addressed or attended to."
      ],
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        "plural-normally"
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    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "leftover items",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "caps per lligar"
    },
    {
      "code": "zh",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "leftover items",
      "word": "零碎的事兒"
    },
    {
      "code": "zh",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "língsuì de shìr",
      "sense": "leftover items",
      "word": "零碎的事儿"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "leftover items",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "rästit"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "leftover items",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "cabos sueltos"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "leftover items",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "flecos"
    }
  ],
  "word": "loose ends"
}