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[ verb ] finally be or do something
Examples "He ended up marrying his high school sweetheart" "he wound up being unemployed and living at home again" Used in print (Robert L. Duncan, The Voice of Strangers....)If he wanted to know anything , he would end_up asking about it point-blank , but in this guileless manner he would probably receive more truthful answers than if he tried to get them by indirection . Related terms |
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[ verb ] be in a certain state as a result of some action or event
Examples "He wound up being unemployed and living at home again" Used in print (The Dallas Morning News,...)Investors who wanted 100 shares in many cases ended_up with 25 , and customers who had put_in a bid to buy 400 shares found themselves with 100 and counted themselves lucky to get that many . Related terms |
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