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End up   /ɛnd əp/   Listen
verb
End  v. t.  (past & past part. ended; pres. part. ending)  
1.
To bring to an end or conclusion; to finish; to close; to terminate; as, to end a speech. "I shall end this strife." "On the seventh day God ended his work."
2.
To form or be at the end of; as, the letter k ends the word back.
3.
To destroy; to put to death. "This sword hath ended him."
To end up, to lift or tilt, so as to set on end; as, to end up a hogshead.





Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48


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"End up" Quotes from Famous Books



... said, "they always end up like that. 'I am tired of talking to you,' they say—as if we were not tired of listening ...
— They and I • Jerome K. Jerome
... location of places, etc., and after all not much detailed knowledge was gained even in the higher grades? Again, is it not contrary to reason to begin with definitions and general notions in the lower grades and end up with the interesting ...
— The Elements of General Method - Based on the Principles of Herbart • Charles A. McMurry
... days are done, and that is one reason why I wish to end up with a big success," he said. "I got a plain warning from the Vancouver doctor you brought me in that morning. ...
— Thurston of Orchard Valley • Harold Bindloss
... go over them by firing the steam tubes along the bottom of the ship. That way, you feel the acceleration on your feet. If I fired the top tubes the ship would drop out from under those who were standing. They'd all end up on ...
— Rip Foster Rides the Gray Planet • Blake Savage
... flexible spade, was starting on the evening schedule for turning over the soil at the base of the plants. He would go methodically down one flower bed, then up the next one, until all had been worked over, then would start all over again unless ordered to stop. "Are we to end up the same way?" Connor shuddered. He slapped his knee. "All right, I'll go with you tomorrow. I've got to see what he's like—a man who'd voluntarily surrender ninety percent ...
— Cerebrum • Albert Teichner


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