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at the end of ones tether

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teth⋅er

  [teth-er]
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–noun
1. a rope, chain, or the like, by which an animal is fastened to a fixed object so as to limit its range of movement.
2. the utmost length to which one can go in action; the utmost extent or limit of ability or resources.
–verb (used with object)
3. to fasten or confine with or as if with a tether.
—Idiom
4. at the end of one's tether, at the end of one's resources, patience, or strength.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME (n.); cf. ON tjōthr, D tuier
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Word Origin & History

tether  (n.)
1376, "rope for fastening an animal," probably from O.N. tjoðr "tether," from P.Gmc. *teudran (cf. Dan. tøir, Swed. tjuder, O.Fris. tiader, M.Du. tuder, Du. tuier "line, rope," O.H.G. zeotar "pole of a cart"), from PIE base *deu- "to fasten" + instrumentive suffix *-tro-. Fig. sense of "measure of one's limitations" is attested from 1579. The verb is first recorded c.1470, from the noun. Tether-ball is attested from 1900.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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