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cliffhanging
noun
(cliff-hang-er)
an adventure serial or melodrama; especially : one presented in installments each ending in suspense
cliffhanging
noun
(cliff-hang-er)
a contest whose outcome is in doubt up to the very end; broadly : a suspenseful situation
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