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

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 .

Example Sentences

“I know that’s true for people in other religions, that the food always ends up being so closely connected to the celebration of holidays,” Topol says.

From Los Angeles Times

“The city needs to do more to protect the animals, department staff and the public — not just let the animals suffer deteriorating health in our shelters and end up getting euthanized,” Mejia said.

From Los Angeles Times

As I argued last week when Trump started rolling out his troll-nominations, the Achilles heel of authoritarians is they confuse power and domination, and end up struggling to hold a coalition together.

From Salon

To put this in context, up to 20-50% of the heat used to transform raw materials into consumer goods ends up being wasted, costing the United States economy over $200 billion annually.

From Science Daily

But although a number ended up in the run-off area at Turn 14 at the end of the famous Strip, there were no accidents in a largely uneventful session.

From BBC

Related Words

• become
• come to be
• eventually be
• finish as
• play out
• turn out to be