the beginning of the end
noun phrase
: the start of a series of events that leads to the end
The argument marked the beginning of the end of their marriage.
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Hot Boys chemistry—even if this was the beginning of the end for the group.
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Pitchfork, 6 June 2025
That slow erosion of fairness and challenge becomes the beginning of the end.
—Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
And as history has shown, that may mark the beginning of the end of their academic independence.
—Iveta Silova, The Conversation, 9 Apr. 2025
And that last bit is often why Jaws gets knocked as the beginning of the end — it’s given birth to so many baby sharks, decades and decades worth, that have eaten their particular ocean dry of other species.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 20 June 2025
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Pitchfork, 6 June 2025
That slow erosion of fairness and challenge becomes the beginning of the end.
—Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
And as history has shown, that may mark the beginning of the end of their academic independence.
—Iveta Silova, The Conversation, 9 Apr. 2025
And that last bit is often why Jaws gets knocked as the beginning of the end — it’s given birth to so many baby sharks, decades and decades worth, that have eaten their particular ocean dry of other species.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 20 June 2025
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“The beginning of the end.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20beginning%20of%20the%20end. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.
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