At/in/on the end

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Please, show me the difference in the meaning for those three prepositions with that phrase.

Xpru67 · Accepted Answer

(at) i'm at the end of my rope

(in) It was all worth it in the end

Couldn't find a proper use of the word (on) with the phrase "the end"

Hope that answers your question

CalifJim · Answer

at the end (of) [a period of time / an event / a narrative or report / etc.]

I can see light at the end of the tunnel.
What style of furniture was in use at the end of the nineteenth century?
People claim there is a pot of gold at the end of every rainbow.
There is a surprising plot twist at the end of the book.
Please stand at the end of the line, and you will be served in the order you arrived.
Mrs. Sanders receives her pension at the end of each month.
Everyone applauded wildly at the end of the concert.
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in the end: after everything was said and done; in the final analysis

In the end they decided not to go because it looked like it was going to rain.
All experiences become, in the end, memories.
It's a struggle, but we will overcome our problems in the end.
His father didn't want to buy a car for him, but he kept asking and asking. He wore his father down in the end and got the car.
They argued for hours, but in the end it turned out that Bill was right, and Tom was wrong.
I kept asking for a copy of his new article on birds, but before long he had moved away, so in the end he never gave me one.
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on the end (of) [something linear in shape]

Chris tied a knot on the end of the rope.
Cut a groove on the end of the rail that attaches to the headboard.
Poodles are usually groomed so that they have a pompom on the end of their tails.
There is a counterbalance on the end of the rotary crank.
The swimmer stopped for a moment on the end of the diving board.
Place the fitting on the end of the pipe.
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CJ

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