loose end

I was just another loose end he had to clear up.

So I'm at a loose end from here on home.

But there's one other loose end, and either you or your daughter here knows the answer.

Once more I was at a loose end, with nothing much to think about except my own situation.

She was the single last significant loose end from my previous life.

In the process, she'd kill me because I was a loose end.

This was one loose end in my life that simply had to be cut off.

As you can imagine I was at a bit of a loose end.

I'm only trying to see if we left a loose end hanging around.

Best if all the loose ends were taken care of.

But I was left with half a case and a lot of loose ends.

There was a loose end I needed to track down.

I mean, they are a couple of loose ends in the story.

I don't like to think of you hanging about at a loose end, though.

I have a few loose ends to take care of.

He knew there were still a lot of loose ends.

She had to get home and secure one last loose end.

It sort of has us by loose ends, you know.

Except for his daughter, he found himself at loose ends.

I had thought that I'd tied up every loose end.

How you pick up the loose ends is your business.

Still, a lot of loose ends have yet to be pulled.

The father died only a few months ago, and Lucas is rather at a loose end.

He'd accomplished all he set out to do, down to the last loose end.

So, through no fault of my own, I was at a loose end quite a bit.