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end up
verb
- copula to become eventually; turn out to be
he ended up a thief
- 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
For opposition parties none of this is likely to go far enough, whatever Morgan ends up saying.
Ian Everard of the Forestry Commission said the tree had been deliberately cut using a "hinge-and-wedge" technique so it would fall across the wall, adding it was "unequivocally obvious" where it would end up.
Some countries will be nervous that products being manufactured for the US could end up flooding into their markets.
"He's handling things wherever he can, multiple times a day, and he's reporting back to the people. . . I think the tariffs will end up definitely being in our favour."
However, school uniform manufacturers claim the plans could end up costing them more.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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