loose end

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loose end (plural loose ends)

1. The end of a rope that has not been fastened.
2. (idiomatic, by extension, chiefly in the plural) A small job that needs to be done, or minor problem that needs to be resolved, before a task can be considered complete.

• at a loose end, at loose ends
• tie up loose ends

• loosened