to/until the bitter end
idiom
: until the end of something that may be very bad, unpleasant, etc.
I knew she would stand by me to the bitter end.
He vowed that he would keep fighting until the bitter end.
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As Squid Game marched through its final six episodes to a stunningly dark denouement (including that A-list cameo from Cate Blanchett for the final coda), Myung-gi was there all along, his fate uncertain to the bitter end.
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Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 2 July 2025
Bad news can be delayed until the bitter end – and by then, the initial buyers or sellers are long gone.
—Clem Chambers, Forbes.com, 16 June 2025
South Korea’s juggernaut series Squid Game, about a series of fatal games where desperate people are forced to fight until the bitter end until only one remains, is back for its third and final installment, just a few months after season 2 hit the streamer.
—Lucy Ford, Time, 19 May 2025
The blood libels against the Jewish state cost in blood — and must be fought to the bitter end.
—May 22, CBS News, 22 May 2025
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Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 2 July 2025
Bad news can be delayed until the bitter end – and by then, the initial buyers or sellers are long gone.
—Clem Chambers, Forbes.com, 16 June 2025
South Korea’s juggernaut series Squid Game, about a series of fatal games where desperate people are forced to fight until the bitter end until only one remains, is back for its third and final installment, just a few months after season 2 hit the streamer.
—Lucy Ford, Time, 19 May 2025
The blood libels against the Jewish state cost in blood — and must be fought to the bitter end.
—May 22, CBS News, 22 May 2025
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“To/until the bitter end.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/to%2Funtil%20the%20bitter%20end. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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