end up

English

Verb

end up (third-person singular simple present ends up, present participle ending up, simple past and past participle ended up)

1. (idiomatic; with the preposition with) To conclude, turn out, sometimes unexpectedly.

   How did things end up with you and the bricklayer? — Great. We got married!

2. (idiomatic) To arrive at a destination, sometimes unexpectedly.

   I was going for a stroll, and ended up in Slovakia.

3. (of a set of events) To eventually do

   We spent a long time looking for a cheaper deal, but we ended up buying from the first dealer we met.

Synonyms

• (turn out): conclude, end, turn out
• (arrive at a destination): finish up, wind up
• (eventually do):

Translations

conclude, turn out

• French: se terminer (fr), se finir (fr)
• Italian: andare a finire

• Portuguese: terminar (pt)
• Spanish: terminar (es)

arrive at a destination

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 到达 (cmn)

• Czech: skončit (cs)
• Dutch: belanden (nl)

• Finnish: päätyä (fi)
• French: se retrouver (fr), finir (fr)
• Italian: finire (it)

eventually do

• Finnish: tehdä lopulta
• French: finir par (fr) (+infinitive)

• Italian: finire per (followed by the infinitive), finire col (followed by the infinitive)

See also

• start up

Anagrams

• upend, up-end