Commonly-Used Idioms, Sayings and phrasal verbs - Saigontre

elbow (someone) out of (somewhere)
- to pressure someone out of somewhere
The woman elbowed the other shoppers out of the way so that she could buy some
shoes.
eleventh-hour decision
- a decision that is made at the last possible minute
The government made an eleventh-hour decision to save the hospital.
an end in itself
- something that one wants for itself alone and not as a way to get/do something else
For many people travelling is an end in itself and the destination is not important.
end of one`s rope
- the last of one`s ability or ideas about how to do something
I am at the end of my rope regarding what to do about my job.
end up (doing something or going somewhere)
- to do something that one had not planned to do, to go somewhere one had not
planned to go
We ended up going to a restaurant after the movie last night.
end up (somewhere)
- to finish at a certain place
We ended up at a small coffee shop near the restaurant.
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