Idiom
thick end
Meaning
Most; the greater part (of an amount of money).
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The repairs cost the thick end of a thousand dollars.”
“He spent the thick end of his savings on a car that broke down the next day.”
“After the legal fees were settled, the thick end of the inheritance had been consumed by taxes and administrative costs.”
Examples
simple
“The repairs cost the thick end of a thousand dollars.”
contextual
“He spent the thick end of his savings on a car that broke down the next day.”
complex
“After the legal fees were settled, the thick end of the inheritance had been consumed by taxes and administrative costs.”
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