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[hiromichi]

What does "on losing ends" mean?

“There are people, as you know, who are angry; we just are going to have to deal with that,” he said. “I’ve been on losing ends before. For many of these people the only remedy is time.”
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Hiromichi

[Philo Kevetch]

Hello Hiromichi -

'on losing ends' = on the losing side / have lost

Philo

[hiromichi]

Philo Kevetch:
Thank you very much.
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Hiromichi