until the end of time meaning, until the end of time definition | English Cobuild dictionary

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until

1       prep   If something happens until a particular time, it happens during the period before that time and stops at that time.
PREP n/prep   (=till)
Until 1971, he was a high-ranking official in the Central Communist Committee., ...consumers who have waited until after the Christmas holiday to do that holiday shopping.
      Until is also a conjunction., conj   (=till)
I waited until it got dark..., Stir with a metal spoon until the sugar has dissolved.

2       prep   You use until with a negative to emphasize the moment in time after which the rest of your statement becomes true, or the condition which would make it true.
PREP after neg   (=till)
The traffic laws don't take effect until the end of the year..., It was not until 1911 that the first of the vitamins was identified.
      Until is also a conjunction., conj   CONJ after neg   (=till)
The EU will not lift its sanctions until that country makes political changes.

3
  →   up until
  →   up

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rear end	n.	buttocks of (adult) woman	Slang; refers to a person's "bottom," in American English. A bit more polite than "ass," less clinical than "buttocks."
go to the bitter end	exp.	go to the extreme; do everything that could be done; exhaust all possibilities and resources
get the short end of the stick	exp.	be negatively impacted by a situation, event.	E.g.: The building is being renovated, but for the moment people living there get the short end of the stick.
sit around	exp.	let the time go by without doing something important, relax, waste time	E.g.: It was a quite evening: we sat around chatting and watching TV.
doomsday believer	n.	term used to reffer to a person that thinks the end of the world is near

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