End
End verb - To bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping point.
Getting ready is an antonym for end.
Getting ready
Both terms in one sentence
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Viewers who were getting ready for the big Theme Music Power-Up at the end of the movie instead saw they were cut off for an ad for the show on directly after the movie.
Source: Credits Pushback -
Estelle and Joshua are enjoying the victory celebration at the end, and you're getting ready to see the credits roll.
Source: Oh Crap / Video Games -
He's seen at the end of the day, getting ready to run Rabbit House at night as a bar.
Source: Manga / Is the Order a Rabbit?
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Getting ready and End. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/end/getting_ready
End & Getting ready. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/end/getting_ready>.
Getting ready or End. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/end/getting_ready.
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