tie up loose ends | Idiomator

Meaning: (idiomatic)Todealwith the minorconsequencesof a previous action; totidyup,finish, orcomplete.Removing her name from the mailing list was her way oftying up loose ends.2020September 1, Nicholas Barber, “Five stars for I'm Thinking of Ending Things”, inBBC‎[1]:it is rich in detail and ideas, and it comes from a unique, uncompromising talent who likes to leave someloose endsfor the viewerto tie up.2024November 13, Dickon Ross, “Opinion”, inRAIL, number1022, page 3:The measures for rail that were genuinely new were welcomed, although some had hoped for more. Many of thesetied up loose endsaround the network - unfinished business left hanging by the last government.

Examples:

EN: I had to tie up loose ends one at a time.
ES: Tenía que ir atando cabos sueltos, uno a uno.
EN: I know You're only trying to tie up loose ends
ES: Trata de atar cabos sueltos.
EN: I'm just trying to tie up loose ends.
ES: Estoy tratando de atar cabos sueltos.
EN: So we cool it for a couple of weeks, tie up loose ends, then we look for something else.
ES: No ha salido bien, así que vamos de tranquis unas semanas, atamos los cabos sueltos y buscamos otro negocio.
EN: - He's here to tie up loose ends.
ES: - Está aquí para atar cabos sueltos.
EN: Stay calm and tie up loose ends.
ES: Mantenga la calma y ate cabos sueltos.
EN: Karen, you have to help to tie up loose ends.
ES: Karen, tienes que ayudarme a atar cabos sueltos.
EN: Mr Tucker doesn't share my belief that it is essential to say what must be said. To leave a record, tie up loose ends.
ES: El Señor Tucker no comparte mi creencia que es esencial decir lo que debe decirse para dejar un registro y atar los cabos sueltos.
EN: We can tie up loose ends.
ES: Ataremos algunos cabos sueltos.
EN: Yes, why the sudden need to tie up loose ends like Drogyn?
ES: ¿Por qué el cambio? Si, ¿por qué la repentina necesidad de atar cabos sueltos como Drogyn?
EN: But I'm a guy who likes to tie up loose ends, so I asked Doc Robbins to send over the scraps that were tied to the body parts.
ES: Pero soy un hombre al que le gusta atar cabos sueltos, así que le pedí al Doc Robbins que mandara los pedacitos que estaban atadas a las partes del cuerpo.
EN: We tie up loose ends.
ES: Atamos cabos sueltos
EN: But don't worry, if we're not done here, we can come back and tie up loose ends.
ES: Pero no te preocupes, si no estamos aquí, siempre podemos volver y atar cabos sueltos
EN: - You said I had to tie up loose ends.
ES: Dijiste que tenía que atar cabos sueltos.
EN: So, you saw the threat and your... failure to completely tie up loose ends was, in retrospect, the fate and the sake.
ES: Así que, viste la amenaza y tu... fallo en atar completamente los cabos... fue, en retrospectiva, el destino y el final.

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