Thursday, February 11, 2010

To be finally in a situation or place

End up
To finally be in a particular place or state after doing something or because of doing it.

- He came round for a coffee and we ended up in bed together.
- I wondered where the pictures would end up after the auction.
- Keep on doing that and you'll end up in serious trouble.
- A doctor told him he will end up in a wheelchair

end up doing sth
- we ended up taking a taxi there.
- It could end up costing him a small fortune in the long run.
end up with
- Anyone who swims in the river could end up with a nasty stomach upset.
- He tried hard but ended up with a poor grade.
end up on
- We hear stories of people being turfed out and ending up on the streets.
end up as
- He could end up as President.
end up like
- I don't want to end up like my parents.

Wind up
To arrive in a place or unpleasant situation after or because of a series of things that happens.

- There were no hotels available in San Francisco, so we wound up in Oakland.
- He overspent and wound up in debt.
- You know you're going to wind up in court over this.
- I always said he would wind up in prison.
wind up at
- Took a long walk and wound up at the edge of town;
wind up + adjective
- Both partners of the marriage wound up unhappy.
-Ted wound up owing almost $50,000 in loans for graduate school.
- If you take risks like that you’ll wind up dead.
wind up by
- He wound up by attacking Nonconformists.
wind up doing sth
- We eventually wound up staying in a little hotel a few miles from town.
- I wound up wishing I'd never come.

Land up (informal)
To be in an unpleasant situation or place, or to cause someone to be in an unpleasant situation or place, to reach a final position or situation, sometimes after other things have happened.

- She landed up in the hospital with a broken leg.
- I landed up with five broken ribs.
- We traveled around for a while and landed up in Seattle.
- He landed up in a ditch after he lost control of his car.
- Careful—you don’t want to land up in hospital.
land up doing
- he landed up staying in the city forever.

Finish up (British and informal)
If you finish up in a particular place or situation, you are in that place or situation after doing or experiencing a series of events.

- If you’re not careful, you could finish up seriously ill.
- He finished up as one of Britain's greatest architects.
- They had met by chance at university and finished up getting married...
- He's probably going to finish up in jail for business fraud.
- One of the guys tried to bribe a police officer and finished up in jail.
- Brett got into a fight and finished up with a broken wrist.
- She eventually finished up in Boston.
- I always finish up doing most of the work.

Fetch up( in a place) (British and informal)

- To arrive somewhere without intending to
- I fell asleep on the train and fetched up in Glasgow.
- And then, a few years later, he somehow fetched up in Rome.

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