the beginning of the end

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   the first sign of sth ending

   And the Russians are really giving them hell. It's the beginning of the end.

In the movies · 8

• So it has begun, the beginning of the end.The Mummy1999
• Little lady, this is the beginning of the end of your life.Transformers2007
• And the Russians are really giving them hell. It's the beginning of the end.The Pianist2002
• "The suffering I bring you is not the beginning of the end.Mission: Impossible - Fallout2018
• Every time you wanna say it's the beginning of the end.Creed2015
• The beginning of the end of the end of the beginning has begun.The Grand Budapest Hotel2014

Learn it in full scenes

• Creed2015
  • Adonis Asks Rocky to Train Him
  • Adonis and Bianca's First Date
  • Rocky Agrees to Train Adonis

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