A dictionary of Confusable Phrases: More Than 10,000 Idioms and Collocations

end in something

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end it all • get away from it all
end it all —commit suicide: Martine became so depressed
during a recent illness that she wanted to “end it all.”
Note: 
The expression does not correlate in meaning with the
phrase to crown it all—(also: to cap it all) used to emphasize the
final item in a series completing a good or bad fortune: The school
had an excellent reputation, its program was in English and
to crown it all, it was located in a wonderful city!
get away from it all —escape from city rush, the worry of
modern life, etc.: We bought a little house in the country to
get away from it all.
end of the earth • end of the land
end of the earth —(also: world’s end) the remotest regions of
the earth: She is a good woman for a man to have with him
when he goes to the ends of the earth.
end of the land —(also: land’s end) the remotest region of the
country: I journeyed also to Kerch which was the end of the
land and really felt like the end of the earth.
end of the world, the • world’s end
end of the world, the —the cessation of mortal life; the Apoc-
alypse: The creeping awareness that death was in the room
filled the time. Like the end of the world might be. Cf.: it’s
not the end of the world—it is not a calamitous matter or situation
(is used to console oneself or another person): Anyway, it’s not
the end of the world, Gretta. We’ll find a way out.
world’s end —(also: end of the earth) the remotest regions of
the earth: I will follow you to the world’s end, if you don’t
think me too far gone to be out of confinement.
end to end • from end to end
end to end —
1
. with one end of smth. touching the end of
smth. else: The police lined up the lorries end to end across
the street to prevent anyone getting by. 2. (attrib.) said of
technology systems that begin at the server and end at the
user: We provide an end-to-end technology solution to guar-
antee profitable use of resources.