End up and Start out

End up

End up verb - Finally be or do something.
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Synonyms for End up

Start out is an antonym for end up.

Start out

Start out verb - Take the first step or steps in carrying out an action.

End up is an antonym for start out.

Both terms in one sentence

  • You can end up with mysterious, typeless "meat", the extinction of the turtle, and even a fortress where instead of dwarves, you start out with extremely dwarfy elves... or, perhaps, ducks.
  • Class Trip The trips usually start out mundane, but Ms Frizzle and the Bus end up making them pretty crazy.
    Source: Class Trip
  • Due to the Anachronic Order of the series, a lot of incidents that start out as examples of this end up explained later on.
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