End Up

Definition: End Up

End Up

Verb

1. Finally be or do something, as in "He ended up marrying his high school sweetheart".

2. Be in a certain state as a result of some action or event; "He wound up being unemployed and living at home again".

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Tips from 1870

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Synonyms: End Up

Crosswords: End Up

It's kind of like when you go on vacation: you plan everything out, but then one day you make a wrong turn, or take a detour, and you end up in some crazy place you can't even find on the map, doing something you never thought you'd do. Maybe you feel a little lost while it's happening, but later you realize it was the best part of the whole trip (Threesome; writing credit: Andrew Fleming.)

-- or she'll end up on the street (Moulin Rouge!; writing credit: Baz Luhrmann; Craig Pearce)

It must be hard living your life off a couple of scraps of paper. You mix your laundry list with your grocery list you'll end up eating your underwear for breakfast (Memento; writing credit: Bo Goldman; Lawrence Hauben)

But, you know, sometimes people end up being both (Mulholland Dr.; writing credit: David Lynch)

If they ever try to trace any of those accounts, they're gonna end up chasing a figment of my imagination (The Shawshank Redemption; writing credit: Frank Darabont)

Me and my boys went out just to end up in misery (The Call; performing artist: Backstreet Boys)

You'll end up killing all the love you have inside (Pass You By; performing artist: Boyz II Men)

One could end up going to prison (Only In America; performing artist: Brooks & Dunn)

You end up like a dog that's been beat too much (BORN IN THE U.S.A.; performing artist: Bruce Springsteen)

Cause if I end up fed, y'all end up dead (Party Up; performing artist: DMX)

Eat your spinach and you'll grow up big and strong like Popeye. You'll also end up with a girlfriend that looks like Olive Oyl. (references; author: unknown)

This End Up (1993)

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Books

• If You Don't Know Where You're Going, You'll Probably End Up Somewhere Else (reference)

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Health

No one knows why, in Goodpasture syndrome, the immune system makes antibodies that end up attacking the lungs and kidneys. (references)

Use a condom during sexual intercourse for the first 48 hours after the last dose of chemotherapy because some of the chemotherapy may end up in the sperm. (references)

Last year, my doctor told me hormones would help prevent heart disease, but now you’re not so sure. And I certainly don’t want to end up in a bed in a nursing home after a hip fracture like my mom’s mother. (references)

Business

This local preference will end up upon EU accession. (references)

Receiving no government salary or subsidies, many village doctors end up prescribing and selling large amounts of pharmaceuticals to supplement their income- one in Shanxi province boasted a stock of over 1,000 different types of drugs. (references)

The disadvantage is that U.S. jeep type cars are not very luxurious and Greek car buyers who end up paying a lot of money for the vehicle due to its taxes are disappointed with their interiors which fall short compared to the Range Rovers or the new Mercedes four wheel drive. (references)

Children

Cambodia

Some of these children may end up being exploited. (references)

Civil Liberties

Malaysia

In May 1999, the Bar Council stated that the proliferation of multimillion-dollar libel and slander lawsuits "would end up stifling the freedom of speech." In July 2000, the Federal Court upheld a judgment of over $250,000 (1 million RM) against a freelance journalist who had been sued for libel by a wealthy businessman in 1994. In an unprecedented move, during the year, the Federal Court (under the new Chief Justice) agreed to review this decision. (references)

Economic History

Pakistan

The local affiliate may end up as a competitor once the franchise agreement expires or is terminated. (references)

Political Economy

Japan

Many cases end up in court. (references)

SPAIN

At times, these regulations end up severely restricting or prohibiting Spanish imports of certain plant and livestock products. (references)

HUNGARY

Projections for Hungary's 2001 current account deficit vary widely, but recent monthly statistics indicate that the deficit could end up lower than the 2000 deficit of $1.5 billion. (references)

Women

Bulgaria

Statistics show that women are equally likely to attend universities, but they have less opportunity to upgrade their qualifications and generally end up in lower-ranking and lower-paying positions than their male counterparts. (references)

Worker Rights

India

Some such boys end up as beggars in Saudi Arabia during the hajj. (references)

Thailand

Some women are lured into the country with promises of jobs as waitresses or domestic helpers, but end up working as prostitutes. (references)

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Expressions using "end up": end up in ♦ end up in court ♦ end up in the gutter ♦ keep one's end up ♦ To end up. Additional references.

Afrikaans

ophou (cease, come to an end, end, expire, stop). (various references)

Albanian

mërrij (arrive, get), arrij (achieve, aggregate, amount, appear, arrive, attain, catch, catch up, come, come at, come off, develop, exact, gain, gain on, get, get along, get around, get at, get down, get on, get through, go in for, grow up, hit, make, obtain, overreach, overtake, reach, run up, seek for, steal, succeed, take, take care, top, total, touch). (various references)

Bulgarian 

завършвам (accomplish, carry through, complete, conclude, crown, end, eventuate, finish, perfect, round, round off, round out, terminate, wind up). (various references)

Chinese 

抱薪救火 (carry faggots to put out a fire - adopt a wrong method to save a situation and end up by making it worse), 不了了之 (end up with nothing definite, settle a matter by leaving it unsettled). (various references)

Czech

skonèit (achieve, be over, be through, call it a day, close, come to an end, complete, conclude, dismiss, fetch up, find, finish). (various references)

Danish

ankomme (arrive, get). (various references)

Dutch

eindigen (come to an end, end, expire, terminate), verlopen (come to an end, end, expire, go, pass, pass by), uitraken (break, come to an end, end, expire), uitlopen (come to an end, drive away, drive off, end, exit, expire, go out), uitgaan (come to an end, end, exit, expire, go out), terechtkomen, ophouden (cease, come to an end, detain, end, expire, extend, hold back, retain, stop, strech out), arriveren (arrive, get), aflopen (come to an end, cover, end, expire, go through, pass through, peal, ring, stoop), aanlanden (land), aankomen (arrive, gain, get, put on weight, touch), aanbelanden. (various references)

Esperanto

finveni, finiĝi (come to an end, end, expire). (various references)

Faeroese

verða endaður (come to an end, end, expire), koma (appear, appearance, arrive, come, emerge, get, perform). (various references)

Finnish

saapua (appear, approach, arrive, come, get). (various references)

French

se terminer (come to an end, end), prendre fin (come to an end, end), finir (come to an end, end), arriver, échouer. (various references)

Frisian

oanlânje (arrive, get), oankomme (arrive, close, get, near, nearby, next), beteare (come to an end, end, expire), arrivearje (arrive, get). (various references)

German

enden (accomodate, cease, come to an end, end, ends, expire, finish, run out, terminate, to conclude (with), to end, upshots, wind up). (various references)

Greek 

καταλήγω (abut, become, conclude, redound, result, turn out). (various references)

Hawaiian

mërrij (arrive, get), arrij (arrive, get). (various references)

Hungarian

végez (make, practise, to end up, to end up with, to finish, to finish off, to mend invisibly, to pass out, to pioneer, to slubber, to slubber over a job, to traverse), megérkezni (arrive, get), érkezik (arrive, arrives, get, to fetch up, to get in, to reach the station). (various references)

Icelandic

koma (arrive, come, get). (various references)

Irish

tar (arrive, come, get), rÚinigh (arrive, get). (various references)

Italian

concludere (abstract, break up, clinch, close, complete, conclude, deduce, do, finalize, finish, gather, induce, infer, make, make a contract, put through, tie up, top off, wrap up), arrivare (accomplish, achieve, arrive, attain, be reduced to, come, come about, get, go as far as, go so far as, happen, occur, reach, receive, roll in, roll up, to arrive). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

行き着く (to arrive at, to end up). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

いきつく (to arrive at, to end up), ゆきつく (to arrive at, to end up). (various references)

Malay

berakhir (come to an end, end, expire). (various references)

Norwegian

utlope (come to an end, end, expire), ankomme (arrive, get). (various references)

Papiamen

yega (arrive, get), caba (come to an end, end, expire). (various references)

Pig Latin

enday upay.(various references)

Polish

przyjechać (arrive, get), przyjść (arrive, get). (various references)

Portuguese

terminar (accomodate, close, come to an end, cut off, discontinue, end, expire, finish, finish off, get through, nail down, pull the plug, squelch, stop, terminate). (various references)

Portuguese Brazilian

acabe (one end up). (various references)

Romanian

sosi (arrive, be in, come, come down, come in, get, go in, land), se sfîrşi (come to an end, end, expire), ajunge (accede, accomplish, achieve, arrive, attain, become, bump, come, do, gain, get, hit, land, manage, overtake, reach, secure, suffice, that will do, touch). (various references)

Russian 

курносый (end-up, pug nosed, pug-nosed, snub, snub-nosed), заканчивать (bring to an end, close, complete, conclude, end, end off, finalize, finish, write up), прибыть (arrive, get), прибывать (arrive, come, come to hand, get, get in, wax). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

završni (closing, concluding, ending, rear, recessional, terminal). (various references)

Spanish

expirar (come to an end, die, end, expire, fall in), terminarse (come to an end, end, expire, terminate), terminar (accomodate, break, break off, call it a day, close up, come, complete, conclude, discontinue, dispose of, end, expire, finish, finish off, follow up, go out, leave off, let up, sign off, stay, stop, terminate, throw over), recalar, parar (arrest, bring to, bring up, catch, cease, check, come to a halt, cut, decide, deter, end, get, give up, gum up, halt, hold up, interrupt, lead, Parry, pull up, put up, save, set, shut off, stand up, stay, stop, stop to think, stopping, switch off, tie up, trap, turn away, turn off, ward off), llegar (arrive, blow in, break through, bring up, catch, come, come across, come in, come of, come over, come round, come through, dock, draw in, get, get around, get in, immigrate, infiltrate, invade, jockey, land, last out, pass, pull in, reach, ride up, roll along, roll in, roll up, spend, throw out, to arrive, top off, touch down, travel, turn up, vaporize). (various references)

Sranan

kon (arrive, become, come, come about, get, grow, happen), kaba (already, by now, come to an end, conclusion, end, ending, expire, yet), doro (arrive, door, get, sift). (various references)

Swedish

sluta (be through with, cease, close, come to an end, conclude, discontinue, drop it, drop out, end, expire, finish, finish off, finish up, fold up, give over, leave off, let up, quit, re-energise, re-energize, sag, stop, stop it, terminate, turn out), ankomma (arrive, get). (various references)

Tagalog

dumatíng (arrive, get). (various references)

Turkish

vasil olmak (arrive, get), varmak (approach, arrive, arrive at, attain, come at, come to, get, get at, get to, go into, hit, make, reach), sonuçlanmak (be at an end, be concluded, come out, conclude, culminate, end, eventuate, finish, go, issue, redound, turn out, work out), olup çıkmak (turn out, turn out to be), düşmek (behoove, behove, collapse, come down, come down in the world, crash, crumble, crumple, crumple up, decline, decrease, deduct, degrade, dive, droop, drop, drop down, drop off, ebb, fall, fall among, fall down, fall from, fall in a heap, fall off, fall on, fall on evil days, fall over, go down, land, lapse, pitch, plonk, plunge, plunk, recede, rest with, sag, scale down, sink, sink into, step down, subside into, take a toss, tumble, tumble down), boylamak (fetch up, wind up), bitmek (adore, be at an end, be out of smth., be very fond of, break off, break up, cease, come to an end, conclude, die down, drop, end, end off, expire, fag, finish, lapse, lay off, leave off, quit, run out, sprout, stop, surcease, terminate, vegetate, wear out), bítmek (come to an end, end, expire). (various references)

Ukrainian

закінчуватися (conclude, elapse, end, end off, go out, issue, result in, run out, terminate, wane, waste), припинятися (cease, decease, end off, rupture, stop, surcease). (various references)

Yucatec

k'uchul (arrive, get). (various references)

Zulu

-theleka (arrive, get), -gcina (come to an end, conserve, end, expire, keep, maintain, preserve), -finyela (arrive, get), -fika (arrive, come, get). (various references)

decidam, decidant, decidat, decidens, decidentes, decidentia, decidet, decidi, decidissemus, decidisset, decidit. (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: upend.

-1 letter: dune, dupe, nude, pend, unde.

-2 letters: den, due, dun, dup, end, ped, pen, pud, pun.

-3 letters: de, ed, en, ne, nu, pe, un, up.

+1 letter: pruned, punned, punted, sendup, upends, upsend.

+2 letters: expound, plunder, plunged, plunked, pounced, pounded, pounder, prudent, pudency, pudenda, punched, pungled, sendups, spunked, spurned, suspend, undrape, unhoped, unpaged, unpaved, unpiled, unposed, unroped, upended, upsends, uptrend.

+3 letters: dauphine, deputing, expounds, expunged, geepound, impudent, impugned, inpoured, inputted, oppugned, outspend, paunched, peduncle, pendular, pendulum, plunders, poundage, pounders, prebound, prudence, pudendal, pudendum, punished, repugned, suspends, uncapped, undamped, underlap, underlip, underpay, underpin, undraped, undrapes, unhelped, unmapped, unopened, unpacked, unpaired, unparted, unpeeled, unpegged, unpenned, unpicked, unpinned, unpitied, unplaced, unplayed, unplowed, unpoised, unpolled, unposted, unpotted, unpriced, unprimed, unprized, unprobed, unproved, unpruned, unpurged, unrepaid, unripped, unshaped, untapped, untipped, unwarped, unzipped, upending, uplander, uptrends, upturned.