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END UP
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Finally be or do something
Example:
he wound up being unemployed and living at home again
Synonyms:
end up; fetch up; finish; finish up; land up; wind up
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "end up" is one way to...):
act; move (perform an action, or work out or perform (an action))
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s VERB-ing
Context examples:
Such accumulation can present as gallstones or kidney stones, become bone spurs, or even end up in other parts of the body.
(Bone-Like Particles Found Travelling through Human Bloodstream, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
So how did they end up together - but apart?
(NASA Finds Neptune Moons Locked in 'Dance of Avoidance', NASA)
Planet Nine's orbital influence would explain why these bodies from the distant Kuiper Belt end up "polluting" the inner Kuiper Belt.
(The Super-Earth that Came Home for Dinner, NASA)
Many patients who have LASIK end up with 20/20 vision.
(Laser Eye Surgery, NIH)
"The research provides insights into how cacao trees defend themselves against pathogens — and may help more cacao end up in our chocolate instead of destroyed by fungal disease."
(New way to identify disease-resistant genes in chocolate-producing trees, National Science Foundation)
If ocean acidification causes larvae to be attracted to irrelevant sounds, they could end up in the wrong habitat or in inhospitable places.
(Fish larvae lose their way to safety in acidified oceans, SciDev.Net)
Be sure to back up computer programs, insert the most up-to-date software in your operating system, and protect the privacy of clients and customers, lest you end up dealing with a hacker. (Uranus, a leader at this new moon, rules computers and software and could easily create mayhem.)
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
Saturn will move into Aquarius permanently from December 16, 2020, to March 7, 2023, and give you an MBA in finance, but no worries—you are about to get very savvy about negotiating for yourself, buying expensive items below retail, and learning how to better earn, spend, save, and invest money, so by March 2023, you’ll likely end up with more savings and wealth than you ever had when Saturn first arrived in December 2020.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
