"tie up loose ends" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "ties up loose ends",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "tying up loose ends",
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        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tied up loose ends",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tied up loose ends",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
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      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Removing her name from the mailing list was her way of tying up loose ends.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2020 September 1, Nicholas Barber, “Five stars for I'm Thinking of Ending Things”, in BBC:",
          "text": "it is rich in detail and ideas, and it comes from a unique, uncompromising talent who likes to leave some loose ends for the viewer to tie up.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "To deal with the minor consequences of a previous action; to tidy up, finish, or complete."
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          "deal",
          "deal"
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        [
          "consequence",
          "consequence"
        ],
        [
          "tidy",
          "tidy"
        ],
        [
          "finish",
          "finish"
        ],
        [
          "complete",
          "complete"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To deal with the minor consequences of a previous action; to tidy up, finish, or complete."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "square away"
        }
      ],
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        "idiomatic"
      ]
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  "word": "tie up loose ends"
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      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tying up loose ends",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tied up loose ends",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tied up loose ends",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "word": "square away"
    }
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        {
          "text": "Removing her name from the mailing list was her way of tying up loose ends.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2020 September 1, Nicholas Barber, “Five stars for I'm Thinking of Ending Things”, in BBC:",
          "text": "it is rich in detail and ideas, and it comes from a unique, uncompromising talent who likes to leave some loose ends for the viewer to tie up.",
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        "To deal with the minor consequences of a previous action; to tidy up, finish, or complete."
      ],
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          "deal",
          "deal"
        ],
        [
          "consequence",
          "consequence"
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        [
          "tidy",
          "tidy"
        ],
        [
          "finish",
          "finish"
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          "complete",
          "complete"
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        "(idiomatic) To deal with the minor consequences of a previous action; to tidy up, finish, or complete."
      ],
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        "idiomatic"
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