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What does "end of the line" mean?

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Rebecca

"The end of the line" generally refers to last stop of a transportation system, like a train, subway, bus, etc. Based on this meaning, it is also an idiom that means something is "finished" and can't continue. In this scenario, the speaker is saying "end of the line" to mean that Finn's family can't run away anymore.

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