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end up

verb

  1. copula to become eventually; turn out to be

    he ended up a thief

  2. intr to arrive, esp by a circuitous or lengthy route or process

    he ended up living in New Zealand

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Idioms and Phrases

Arrive at, result in, finish. For example, He thought he'd end up living in the city , or We don't know how Nancy will end up . [First half of 1900s] Also see wind up .
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“I played a lot of running back in youth ball,” Schwesinger said, “so you just kind of end up getting a feel for where the backs are going to go.”

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Looking ahead, Mr Yeyati says that if Brazil and Argentina do end up enjoying a big rise in exports to the US, it could result in them getting higher tariffs from Trump.

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This level of vulnerability is too much for Joe, though, so it’s no wonder that most of the people who see him this way end up dead.

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The next step will be to halve the number of apprentices over the next year as their contracts finish, ending up with six by the end of this year.

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We ended up somewhere quiet, a little inn lighted with backup power and kindness.

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