GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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1.       
   End-all (?), n.
   1. Complete termination. [R.]
   
   [1913 Webster]
   
   That but this blow
   
   Might be the be-all and the end-all here. Shak.
   
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   2. the primary or only purpose or goal; as, “winning office is the be-all and end-all of a politician's life”.
   
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