End up and Straight

End up

End up verb - Finally be or do something.
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Straight and end up are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Straight" instead an adjective "End up".

Straight

Straight adjective - Free from irregularities or digressions in course.

End up and straight are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "End up" instead an adjective "Straight".

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  • All Girls Want Bad Boys Avatar: The Last Airbender and its sequel The Legend of Korra both have examples which, interestingly enough, are either not played straight or end up subverted in some way or another.
  • Atop a Mountain of Corpses The Powerpuff Girls, being the ultra super-powered heroines they are, play the PG-13 example of this trope straight and end up standing atop a mountain of their foes' brutally KO'd bodies at the end of the show's opening.
  • Franchise / The Smurfs One wonders in the cartoon show episode "Swapping Smurfs" what the Well Wizard actually did to the Smurfs that made them look so happy that the floppy part of their hats end up standing straight.
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