end up

British  

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

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end up Idioms  

1. 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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Example Sentences

“High school officials will. College officials will. But I would just hope there’s a way to resolve this before it happens because it’s not going to end up pretty.”

From Los Angeles Times

LA Kings Hockey Game – I somehow end up in LA often, usually for work, and this trip was no different.

From Salon

Athena ended up in a frigid crater and tipped over, leaving its solar batteries unable to charge.

From MarketWatch

They ended up meeting in the World Series, where batters were flummoxed by a steady diet of the pitch of the moment.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Augmented reality could end up looking a lot like the royalty layer in smartphones, where a small set of IP owners extract value from a much larger hardware ecosystem,” Boloor said.

From Barron's

Related Words

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