beginning

a good beginning makes a good ending

Being well-prepared and focused at the start of something often leads to success. Keeping in mind that a good beginning makes a good ending, I worked really hard on my outline before I began my research paper.

beginning of the end

Fig. the start of the termination of something or of someone's death. When he stopped coughing and grew still, I knew it was the beginning of the end. The enormous debt we ran up marked the beginning of the end as far as our standard of living was concerned.

on the verge (of doing something)

and on the verge of something

at the very beginning of doing something; just about to do something. Bill was on the verge of leaving town when he found a job. Susan was on the verge of laughter, so she left the lecture hall.

the beginning of the end

the first part of a process that will finish something Several brilliant plays marked the beginning of the end for the challengers.

the beginning of the end

the time at which it becomes clear that a situation or process will end, although it does not end immediately (often + for ) The ban on tobacco advertising may be the beginning of the end for the cigarette companies.

beginning of the end, the

The start of a bad outcome (ruin, disaster, catastrophe, death), as in Joe's failing two of his courses was the beginning of the end; he dropped out soon afterward . This phrase, at first (16th century) used only to describe an approaching death, gained a new meaning after the French lost the battle of Leipzig in 1813 and Talleyrand said to Napoleon, "C'est le commencement de la fin" ("It's the beginning of the end").

bizzle a wild card word for words beginning with

B , such as bitch, bong, or bowl (of marijuana). (Streets. Also for other words with initial B.) Shut up, my bizzle! The teacher had no idea what “bizzle” meant, but she didn’t like being called one.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Boyer	['bəujə]
Aldebrand	-	Ancient Germanic
Florina	-	Romanian, Spanish, Dutch, Late Roman
Fidelia	-	Spanish (Rare)
Morrison	['mɔrisən]
Agamemnon	ag-ə-MEM-nahn (English)	Greek Mythology

beginning

a good beginning makes a good ending

beginning of the end

on the verge (of doing something)

the beginning of the end

the beginning of the end

beginning of the end, the

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