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remove the ending

[rɪˈmuːv ðə ˈɛndɪŋ]
verb phrase
remover o final/término
1. To take away or eliminate the concluding part of something, such as a word, text, story, or film
The editor decided to remove the ending of the novel to make it more ambiguous.
O editor decidiu remover o final do romance para deixá-lo mais ambíguo.
2. In linguistics, to strip a suffix or morpheme from a word
To remove the ending '-ing' from 'running' gives you 'runn'.
Para remover o final '-ing' de 'running' você obtém 'runn'.
Synonyms
strip the endingcut off the endingeliminate the endingdelete the endingtruncate
Antonyms
add an endingkeep the endingpreserve the ending

Regional Variations

General Brazilian
remover o final
Most common usage in Brazilian Portuguese
São Paulo
tirar o final
Informal, colloquial variant
Portugal
remover o fim
Alternative phrasing used in European Portuguese

Related Idioms & Phrases

cut to the chase
get to the point
trim the fat
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