End up and Settle

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End up verb - Finally be or do something.

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Settle and end up are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Settle" instead a verb "End up".

Settle verb - To cause to come to rest at the bottom (as of a liquid).

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End up and settle are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "End up" instead a verb "Settle".

Nearby Words: settled, settlement, settling, settler, settlor

I Will Wait for You: Tanda has been waiting for Balsa to finish saving eight people so he can settle down and marry her...then he has to end up waiting a little longer!

Source: Literature / Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit
Eventually, interstellar civilization collapses and humans settle on Nyjora, and end up rediscovering space travel and abandoning Nyjora in exactly the same way.

Source: Earth That Was
Not So Different: Subverted; Helen asks Reacher if he won't settle down because he's worried he'll end up like Barr.

Source: Film / Jack Reacher

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