End
End verb - To bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping point.
Taking part is an antonym for end.
Taking part
Both terms in one sentence
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Mrs. Henderson in Norbit becomes this towards the end in taking part in the town's revolt against the Latimores, even if she proves to be no match as well.
Source: Cool Old Lady -
Mung and Schnitzel get in by putting on FFL costumes, and as a result end up taking part in the show along with Chowder.
Source: Circus Episode -
A specific subtrope of Fission Mailed, and related to Controllable Helplessness in that you're directly taking part in a situation that will only end one way.
Source: Hopeless Boss Fight
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Taking part and End. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/end/taking_part
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