business end

business end

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Noun

business end (plural business ends)

1. (idiomatic) The part of a tool or weapon that is physically used for its operation, rather than the part which is held.

   The business end of a hammer is known as the "head".

2. (idiomatic, by extension) The part of anything that is most important and that produces the significant result.
   • 2018 July 7, Phil McNulty, “Sweden 0-2 England”, in BBC Sport‎:

     On this day, with expectation rising and the unmistakable feeling around this sweeping Samara Stadium that the World Cup is really reaching the business end, England delivered.