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to end up
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to eventually reach or find oneself in a particular place, situation, or condition, often unexpectedly or as a result of circumstances
Transitive: to end up doing sth
Intransitive: to end up somewhere | to end up in a state
Grammatical Information
Composition
phrasal
Action verb
Regular
Inseparable
Particle
up
Base verb
end
Present tense
end up
3rd person singular
ends up
Present participle
ending up
Past simple
ended up
Past participle
ended up
Examples
Despite careful planning, we somehow ended up getting lost in the unfamiliar city.
