End
End verb - To bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping point.
String out is an antonym for end.
String out
String out verb - Set out or stretch in a line, succession, or series.
Both terms in one sentence
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Easy Amnesia: Jane was lumbered with this on her much-anticipated return to Thornton Street towards the end of the shows run, in order to string out the mystery of her disappearance right up until the finale.
Source: Series / Night and Day -
Night and Day's Jane Harper was lumbered with this on her much-anticipated return to Thornton Street towards the end of the shows run, in order to string out the mystery of her disappearance right up until the finale.
Source: Easy Amnesia
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String out and End. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/end/string_out
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String out or End. 2016. Accessed August 13, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/end/string_out.
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