idiom · neutral

at one's wit's end

/æt wʌnz wɪts ˈɛnd/at·one's·WIT'S·end

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completely puzzled or distressed and not knowing what to do

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Band 8 sentence

After trying every method to calm the child, the parents were genuinely at their wit's end.

Collocations

  • at one's wit's end about/over something

Word family

be at one's wit's end phrase

Common mistakes

at the end of my wisdomat my wit's end

I am at my wits endI am at my wit's end

Say it for a higher band

5very worried6desperate7+at one's wit's end

Synonyms

at the end of one's rope

Easily confused

at the end of one's tether

After weeks of sleepless nights, she felt completely at the end of her tether.

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