英和和英

動詞

end off (三人称単数 現在形 ends off, 現在分詞 ending off, 過去形および過去分詞形 ended off)

1. Synonym of end up
   • 2007, Douglas D. Murray, The 1001 Outfit, page 295:

     “And when I got up to Prescott, the first Capitol of the Territory and a busy place, what with all the mines up on the Bradshaw Mountains and down on the Hassayampa River, I ended off buying half the livery and a piece of their freightin' company and their stage line.

2. (intransitive) To finish, come to an end
   • ?, Ethel Widjaja, Repelled yet Attracted, page 16:

     “ […] As I was the new student and was very quiet, Desiree arranged without Brenda to frame me, making me Desiree's scapegoat, but fortunately, Brenda was able to guess that I was going to be the scapegoat, and wrote the letter,” Charlotte ended off with a sigh.

3. (transitive) To bring to an end, conclude.
   • 2010, Roy E. Ciampa, Brian S. Rosner, The First Letter to the Corinthians, page 189:

     While 1:1-10 introduces the letter as a whole and not just chapters 1–4, a recollection of the theme of Christ's universal Lordship in the church to end off the first major unit is fitting and suggests that 4:14-17 is the end of the section.