END UP


Meaning of END UP in English

1.

If someone or something ends up somewhere, they eventually arrive there, usually by accident.

She fled with her children, moving from neighbour to neighbour and ending up in a friend’s cellar.

= finish up, wind up

PHRASAL VERB: V P prep/adv

2.

If you ~ doing something or ~ in a particular state, you do that thing or get into that state even though you did not originally intend to.

If you don’t know what you want, you might ~ getting something you don’t want...

Every time they went dancing they ended up in a bad mood...

She could have ended up a millionairess.

= finish up

PHRASAL VERB: V P -ing, V P prep/adv, V P n

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