Synonyms for end up
end up

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1. end upverb

   To conclude, turn out, sometimes unexpectedly.

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

   Synonyms:
   turn out, end, conclude

2. end upverb

   To arrive at a destination, sometimes unexpectedly.

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

   Synonyms:
   wind up, finish up

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1. finish up, land up, fetch up, end up, wind up, finishverb

   finally be or do something

   "He ended up marrying his high school sweetheart"; "he wound up being unemployed and living at home again"

   Synonyms:
   earth up, get through, turn on, wind up, clear up, end, finish up, finish, fetch up, eat up, polish off, terminate, wrap up, wind, mop up, arouse, finish off, cease, complete, sex, stop, land up, excite

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1. Uppi Singh:

   I never knew that I would end up in politics, it is something that's evolved over time as I've fought for different causes.

2. Ohio Gov. John Kasich:

   If you don't help the mentally ill, they end up in a prison or in a jail or on the streets. There's a societal cost to that that's ongoing, if you don't help the working poor to figure out a way to become independent, there's a societal to cost to that as well.

3. Otis Brawley:

   Then what typically happens is, you end up with a patient on a ventilator, in intensive care, with all kinds of drugs to support their blood pressure and other body functions, the quality of that person's life for their final days is absolutely awful.

4. Andrew Crooks:

   So we could keep our doors open and still end up with a business that's not viable.

5. Arash Anoshiravani:

   Whether it’s the child who was physically abused and has PTSD (posttraumatic stress disorder) and ends up using drugs . . . or the one that started selling drugs to buy food and clothes for himself and his siblings after his ‘gang-banging’ father was deported . . . these kids have experienced a lot of loss and a lot of adversity, i think the issue for the kids who end up in our juvenile justice system is, why haven’t we been able to meet their needs in the community they’re coming from.