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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
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End-on-end

"The next shot missed Billy's knee-cap's by inches, going end-on-end, from the sound of it."

I don't understand the second part of the sentence "going end-on-end, from the sound of it", could someone help me and explain what "end-on-end" and the rest means?
  

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" I don't understand the second part of the sentence "going end-on-end, from the sound of it", could someone help me and explain what "end-on-end" and the rest means? The usual expression is 'end over end'. It means that the bullet was tumbling, spinning, as it travelled through the air 'From the sound of it' means it was the sound that suggested the bullet was tumbling.

— Clive

  • " I don't understand the second part of the sentence "going end-on-end, from the sound of it", could someone help me and explain what "end-on-end" and the rest means?
  • The usual expression is 'end over end'.
  • It means that the bullet was tumbling, spinning, as it travelled through the air 'From the sound of it' means it was the sound that suggested the bullet was tumbling.
  • ( I don't really understand what such a sound would be like.
  • ) Clive
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Hi,
"The next shot missed Billy's knee-cap's by inches, going end-on-end, from the sound of it."

I don't understand the second part of the sentence "going end-on-end, from the sound of it", could someone help me and explain what "end-on-end" and the rest means?
The usual expression is 'end over end'.
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