the end of the line

the end of the line
the point at which further effort is unproductive or one can go no further

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the end of the line (or the end of the road)
informal : the point or time when someone or something stops or cannot continue : the end

A loss in the primary elections will mean the end of the road for his campaign.

It will be the end of the line for me unless there are some changes around here.

They reached the end of the road as a couple [=their relationship was over] a long time ago.

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